How to Care Cotoneaster

Gardeners often use shiny cotoneaster as a hedge or specimen plant. This fast-growing plant adds year-round interest to the garden. Small flowers appear in the spring and the leaves change color in the fall. When other plants are dying back, the shrub produces bright-colored berries in the fall.

Bullate cotoneaster originates from the Yunan province in China, and is found throughout Europe, where it reaches 5 meters in height in public spaces. The nerve-like markings on the leaves make them very decorative.

Silverleaf cotoneaster (Cotoneaster pannosus) is a woody shrub that comes originally from southern China. It has been ornamentally introduced in many places around the world, and has become invasive in places like Hawaii, California, and Oregon. Silverleaf cotoneaster generates bright fruits that are a favorite meal for many birds.

Cotoneaster × watereri 'John Waterer''s profusion of little white flowers and large red berries are its defining feature. It is a hybrid of the 'frigidus', 'henrianus', and 'salicifolius' cotoneasters and is named after the man who produced it. The cotoneaster × watereri 'John Waterer' is the recipient of the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

It’s hard to miss cotoneaster 'Cornubia' growing in the garden or as a landscaping specimen. It is one of the tallest plants in the genus. The fall berries, produced after the summer blooming period are also larger and the cultivar has earned the Award of Garden Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society.

Cotoneaster hybrid are commonly cultivated as ornamental shrubs in gardens, especially due to their attractive flowers and fruits. The flowers also provide nectar for bees, and the berries attract songbirds. The name Cotoneaster hybrid comes from the Latin word for the quince plant, "cotoneum," and the suffix meaning "resembling."

Cotoneaster naoujanensis 'Berried Treasure' has a clever play on words in its name since it replaces 'buried' with 'berried', drawing attention to the abundant orange berries this plant produces in fall. Gardeners love this plant for its year-round color and grow it in borders and as an attractive hedge. This hybrid of Cotoneaster naoujanensis can grow up to 2 m, which is slightly shorter than the parent plant's 2.5 m.

Small-leaved cotoneaster is a low-growing evergreen shrub. It features five-petaled white flowers and horizontally spreading branches with tiny, lustrous, deep green leaves, where its common name is derived from. It has spherical crimson fruits that can only be consumed when cooked. Its overall appearance makes it an excellent plant for landscapes.

Stranvaesia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rosaceae.

Cliffortia is a genus of plants that has been assigned to the rose family, with currently 132 known species. Its species can be found in southern Africa, particularly in the Cape Floristic Region. Cliffortia species are mostly upright shrubs, but some species develop into small trees of up to 5 m high. The stipules have merged with the base of the leaf and form a sheath around the branch. Leaflets may be thin or leathery, broad to needle-shaped, with the margin serrated or entire, and may have a spiny tip. Cliffortia has separate male and female flowers in the leaf axils, which are mostly set individually but sometimes in clusters. One or two achenes may develop in each flower, within the inflating calyx.

The dichotomanthes genus contains the sole species Dichotomanthes tristaniaecarpa, which is a small tree/shrub native to Eastern Asia. This species favors mixed evergreen forest habitats at medium altitudes. It produces late-spring white flowers as well as red fruit cylinders from late summer through fall.

Gardeners can plant drymocallis around trees to create a wild, woody ground cover. The plants have bright or pale green leaves that may be spiked or lobed, and they grow from kidney-shaped seeds. The flowers are small yellow or white blooms.