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Topic: Cotoneaster


In the News (Sat 25 May 13)

  
  botany/cotoneaster
Cotoneasters are natives of the temperate regions of Europe, northern Africa and Asia.
Cotoneasters are mainly grown for their dazzling autumn colors and vivid berries, though some produce an abundance of white or pink-tinted flowers, in early summer.
Cotoneasters are quite easily grown and they tolerate air pollution, however, they are susceptible to spider mites and fireblight.
www.botany.com /cotoneaster.html   (431 words)

  
 Cotoneaster                   ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Most of the 200 species of Cotoneasters are native to the temperate regions of China and the Himalaya and include evergreen and deciduous shrubs and small trees.
It is possible to prune Cotoneasters at any time of year without adverse effect, but exceptionally hard pruning encourages strong new growth and fewer flowers and berries for a year or two.
Cotoneasters are quite prone to attack from the bacterial disease known as fireblight.
www.arcadian-archives.com /cotoneaster.htm   (487 words)

  
 Plants Belonging to the Genus 'Cotoneaster'
Cotoneaster buxifolius synonym of Cotoneaster pannosus (Silverleaf Cotoneaster)
Cotoneaster formosana synonym of Pyracantha koidzumii 'Victory' (Victory Pyracantha)
Cotoneaster humifusus synonym of Cotoneaster dammeri (Bearberry Cotoneaster)
www.desert-tropicals.com /Plants/Rosaceae/Cotoneaster.html   (77 words)

  
 Cotoneaster
Cotoneasters lend themselves to mame and shohin, but are harder to grow as large bonsai.
Cotoneaster may be grown from seed collected from the berries in fall, but the Samsons claim that seed grown plants are inferior to other methods.
Cotoneaster multiflorus: many-flowered cotoneaster - A large and showy plant, this is the Cotoneaster to choose for large size bonsai.
www.bonsai-bci.com /species/cotoneaster.html   (868 words)

  
 What is Cotoneaster?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cotoneasters are shrubs popular in landscaping, but Franchet cotoneaster and silverleaf cotoneaster (Cotoneaster pannosa) escape from cultivation in northwestern California.
Franchet cotoneaster thrives and produces abundant berry crops in vacant lots, along roadsides, fencelines, and in the native coastal scrub.
Most of the cotoneaster established in the Redwood National and State Parks is near the developed areas and abandoned homesteads from which it spread.
www.nps.gov /archive/redw/cotoneaster.htm   (282 words)

  
 Problems of Tall Cotoneaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This sucking insect sometimes appears in late June and in the summer on the undersides of cotoneaster leaves.
Cotoneaster Webworm - The cotoneaster webworm caterpillar is flish with white spots, and is nearly 1 1/2 inches long when full grown.
It is caused by a bacterium which overwinters on cankers and on large branches of apple and pear trees which are relatives of cotoneasters.
www.yardener.com /ProblemsofTallCotoneaster.html   (1134 words)

  
 Cotoneaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster) is a genus of woody plants in the rose family Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region (temperate Asia, Europe, north Africa), with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China and the Himalaya.
Cotoneaster species are used as larval food plants by some Lepidoptera species including Grey Dagger, Mottled Umber, Short-cloaked Moth and Winter Moth.
Cotoneasters are very popular garden shrubs, grown for their attractive habit and decorative fruit.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cotoneaster   (414 words)

  
 Information on Cotoneaster for bonsai...
In the spring, the Cotoneaster's glossy green foliage is covered with tiny white flowers and for some varieties, shortly after with masses of minute bright red berries.
People usually grow Cotoneasters in extravagantly-colored pots such as aqua, ultramarine blue and bright green to contrast with the bright red berries produced in early spring.
The Cotoneaster was voted as one of the best plants for beginners to use in bonsai in our September '99 survey.
www.bonsaisite.com /cotoneaster.html   (291 words)

  
 KBD: Kew Bibliographic Databases: Search results
Obzor vidov roda Cotoneaster (Rosaceae : Maloideae) flory Kavkaza.
(A taxonomic revision of the genus Cotoneaster (Rosaceae : Maloideae) of the Caucasus flora.) Bot.
Kizil'nik alaunskii (Cotoneaster alaunicus Golits) na severo vostoke Srednerusskoi vozvyshennosti i voprosy ego okhrany.
www.kew.org /kbd/advancedsearch.do?keywords=Cotoneaster   (283 words)

  
 Cotoneasters for Bonsai
Cotoneaster for small bonsai, 4 to 6 inches, can be grown from cuttings in a year or two.
For Shohin (under 10 inches tall), Cotoneaster should be grown out in one gallon cans, and pruned back frequently to obtain many breaks on the trunk from which future branches may be selected.
Cotoneaster is an excellent beginners plant, they are tough, easy too grow, not too thirsty, tolerant of all sorts of light conditions and most soils.
www.evergreengardenworks.com /cotonbon.htm   (715 words)

  
 Kansas Forest Service - Peking cotoneaster (Cotoneaster acutifolia)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cotoneaster acutifolia, or Peking cotoneaster (photo), is native to Mongolia, northern and western China and the eastern Himalayas.
Cotoneaster grows slowly at first, but after a couple years develops at about 12 to 18 inches per year.
Cotoneaster is appreciated more for its dark green foliage (photo) than its blossoms.
www.kansasforests.org /conservation/shrubs/pekingcotoneaster.shtml   (265 words)

  
 Pine Garden Bonsai -- Cotoneaster Care   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
We recommend that Cotoneasters be brought indoors during the cold weather.
Cotoneaster in the ground is hardy at cold temperatures, but in bonsai containers or growing pots these plants are more tender.
Cotoneasters can be kept indoors all year, if they are exposed to bright indirect light, are surrounded by moving air and misted daily.
www.poppyware.com /pgb/care/Cotoneaster.html   (484 words)

  
 NYS Horticulture Study Guide For Youth
]n the late fall or early winter the foliage of the cotoneaster turns showy-red.
Cotoneasters can function as ornamentals, barriers, or erosion control.
Cotoneasters can be subject to fireblight, borers, scale, and tent caterpillar.
www.hort.cornell.edu /4hplants/Ornamentals/Cotoneaster.html   (129 words)

  
 COTONEASTER : Bonsai Care Guide
The nice aspect of using the Cotoneaster for bonsai is that it can be trained in most styles although the cascade, root on rock, clump, upright, and root over rock are the best.
Since the Cotoneaster can be propagated easily by using cuttings from an established plant or from a new plant purchased from a nursery, you will often find people growing several Cotoneasters.
The Cotoneaster needs to be kept in a sunny location but also in the shade to grow.
www.bonsaigardener.org /cotoneaster-bonsai.html   (252 words)

  
 Plant Encyclopedia: Cotoneaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Cotoneaster adpressus is a dwarf, wide spreading species from Western China that was introduced to the garden of Maurice de Vilmorin, Les Barre, France in 1895.
Cotoneaster apiculatus is similar, but larger and more vigorous, and is useful for covering larger areas, trailing down over walls and banks, etc. The leaf-less branches have an interesting herringbone pattern that adds to the interest in winter and early spring.
Consider placing them in beds at the base of walls and sturdy fences as they will spread upwards to clothe and soften the hard features while creating an attractive pattern of arching branches that needs little attention except an occasional trim to direct the growth in the desired direction.
www.gardensplendor.com /sick/pe_cotoneaster.html   (938 words)

  
 Cotoneaster divaricatus
Cotoneaster zabelii - Cherryberry Cotoneaster - leaves twice as large and are distinctly gray-green due to their dense pubescence (and therefore are not glossy); fruits are dull red but in pendulous clusters, hanging from 2" long peduncles and pedicels from the stems in Autumn
Spreading Cotoneaster is a shrub that is excellent as an informal hedge or specimen shrub for its distinctive horizontal lines at maturity.
Cotoneaster divaricatus is a horizontally spreading shrub or hedge, branching to the ground, with small glossy dark green leaves, red Autumn fruits, vibrant mixed fall color, and virtually absent of the disease and pest problems that plague some Cotoneasters.
www.hcs.ohio-state.edu /hcs/TMI/Plantlist/co_catus.html   (650 words)

  
 How to Grow Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster Dammeri, Cotoneaster Horizontalis) - eHow.com
Cotoneaster is an evergreen to semievergreen ground cover with tiny leaves and red berries in winter.
Cotoneaster thrives in USDA zones 5 to 8.
The low, arching branches of cotoneaster look good spilling over the top of a wall, or planted at the base of a fence or wall for the stems to grow up against.
www.ehow.com /how_16311_grow-cotoneaster-(cotoneaster.html   (356 words)

  
 Questions On Cotoneaster
Q: My mother has a beautiful cotoneaster bush next to her house that will need to be moved.
Cotoneaster are one of the more susceptible species to this disease, so it will require careful monitoring and management on you part.
The cotoneaster, I suspect, was hit with contact pesticide, perhaps Malathion a on hot day, or the water table is high enough that it is killing off some of the roots due to anaerobic (oxygen-less) conditions.
www.ext.nodak.edu /extnews/hortiscope/flowers/ctneaster.htm   (901 words)

  
 Cotoneaster glaucophyllus - Cotoneaster
The Gray Leaf Cotoneaster has origins from China and is a small to medium dense evergreen shrub that can reach up to 5 feet tall.
The leaves are small and have a distinct gray color from the gray pubescence.
Cymes of white flowers appear in summer followed by orange-red to red colored berries that are retained throughout the winter.
www.magnoliagardensnursery.com /productdescrip/Cotoneaster.html   (101 words)

  
 MY BONSAI-EN - Cotoneaster horizontalis
Originally from China the Cotoneaster, pronounced "Cot-o-ne-as-ter", is a popular garden shrub found in temperate and sub-tropical zones.
It had a few good branches which needed to be trained, but overall I could see the potential in the tree.
If all goes according to plan, this tree will be ready to go into my first show next year.
members.tripod.com /~glyn4life/bonsai-en/cotoneaster.html   (278 words)

  
 Cotoneaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
This planting was done as a demonstration for the Ann Arbor Bonsai Society in August of 1989.
The individual plants were container grown for several years from bird seeded cotoneasters found in my back yard.
Although the time of year was wrong for transplanting, the show went on, and the plants were bare rooted, root pruned and placed onto the rock.
www.bonsaihunk.8m.com /info/Cotoneaster.html   (130 words)

  
 Dutchmaster Nurseries Ltd - Broadleaf Evergreen - Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri "Coral Beauty" grows in Zones 5-9 in 75cm high.
Cotoneaster dammeri "Skogholm" grows in Zones 4-9 up to 1.5m high.
Cotoneaster salicifolius "Repens" grows in Zone 6 up to 2m high.
www.dutchmasternurseries.com /cotoneaster.htm   (158 words)

  
 Cotoneaster pannosus (PIER species info)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
All cotoneasters have aggressive root systems, and the plants shade and smother-sun-loving natives.
Other cotoneasters, with their bird-dispersed fruits, should be avoided as well.
Taxonomic information about Cotoneaster pannosus may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).
www.hear.org /pier/species/cotoneaster_pannosus.htm   (383 words)

  
 Cotoneaster horizontalis var. perpusillus
Rockspray cotoneaster is a coarse, prostrate, slow-growing, horizontally-spreading, deciduous shrub, which typically matures to 12-18” tall and spreads to 5-8’ wide with tiers of flattened, horizontal branches arranged in a fishbone pattern.
It features five-petaled, small pink flowers in early summer, bright scarlet berries in late summer to fall and tiny, rounded, lustrous, dark green leaves (to 3/8” long) that turn reddish-purple in fall.
Rockspray cotoneaster is a valuable landscape plant which offers good foliage, flowers and fruit, and provides shelter for small birds.
www.mobot.org /gardeninghelp/plantfinder/Plant.asp?code=A370   (175 words)

  
 Species Guide Cotoneaster Bonsai
There are many species of Cotoneaster and even more varieties and hybrids suitable for bonsai cultivation.
Small flowering deciduous shrub with pink flowers borne in early Spring and 1cm long dull, green leaves that turn red in Autumn before leaf-drop.
Cotoneaster microphylla (now correctly known as C.integrifolius) /Cotoneaster
www.bonsai4me.com /SpeciesGuide/Cotoneaster.html   (226 words)

  
 Cotoneaster   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Consult local sources, including historic or public gardens and arboreta, regarding cultivars and related species that grow well in your area.
* COTONEASTER DIVARICATUS (Spreading Cotoneaster) is a deciduous shrub with arching, spreading branches.
Red berries cover the branches during early fall (5 to 6 feet high; 6 to 8 feet wide).
www.ext.vt.edu /departments/envirohort/factsheets/groundcovers/cotonea.html   (271 words)

  
 coto311
Cotoneaster 'Cornubia' (C. frigida 'Vicarii' x C. glabratus hort.)
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Eicholtz' = C. 'Eicholtz', a hybrid
Cotoneaster 'Royal Carpet' (C. dammeri x C. prostrata)
www.plantnames.org /coto311.html   (1398 words)

  
 Cotoneaster pannosus (Rosaceae) - HEAR species info   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
Information on Cotoneaster pannosus as relevant to Pacific Islands is provided by the Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk project (PIER).
This report on Cotoneaster pannosus includes information about this species on Maui (Hawaii, USA), as well as links to images and a Maui distribution map.
Copyright-free images of (or related to) Cotoneaster pannosus (Rosaceae) (cotoneaster) by Forest and Kim Starr (USGS) are presented online.
www.hear.org /species/cotoneaster_pannosus   (355 words)

  
 Cotoneaster
Severity of disease may be reduced by avoiding excessive nitrogen fertilization.
Some species of cotoneaster may be more resistant to fire blight than others.
Colonies of these microscopic mites may disfigure the unfolding leaves of cotoneaster by causing greenish yellow or reddish blisters that later turn brown.
www.caes.state.ct.us /PlantPestHandbookFiles/pphC/pphcoto.htm   (1173 words)

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