Knowing when and how to prune cotoneaster shrubs, trees, and hedges means healthy plants and lots of flowers and berries.

Q. I used to live in Virginia and had English holly shrubs to provide greens for holiday decorations. Now that I live in Southern California, I could use a suggestion for a good holly substitute that ...

* Common name: Dwarf cotoneaster 'Little Gem' * Botanical name: Cotoneaster adpressus 'Little Gem' * What it is: A low, slow-growing and widely arching semi-evergreen with green leaves smaller than a ...

What: Cotoneaster dammeri is a dense, semi-evergreen, compact grower that produces brilliant red berries and is easy to grow. It works well as a ground cover, as a foundation plant, as edging in front ...

What: The smoky gray-green foliage of Cotoneaster glaucophyllus adds a sense of depth and mystery to the landscape. The low arching branches of this evergreen shrub form tight thickets, making it an ...

Cotoneaster – pronounced koh toe nee ASS ter, many pronounce it Cotton Easter. There are numerous species of this evergreen plant, but I believe this one is the rockspray cotoneaster which can serve ...

One of the commonest, yet most desirable, garden shrubs is Cotoneaster horizontalis. In many ways it is a victim of its own success, for it is so ubiquitous that snobs enjoy despising it. Its ...

Two new cotoneasters are described from Yunnan Province, China. Cotoneaster qungbixiensis is distinguished from the similar C. sternianus by its thinner, less rugose, deciduous leaves, which are more ...

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