Cotoneaster franchetii

Franchet's cotoneaster

Eventual height & spread

Cotoneaster franchetii

Franchet's cotoneaster

  • 2 litre pot
  • £17.99
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  • 7.5 litre pot
  • £79.99
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  • Position: full sun or partial shade
  • Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained soil
  • Rate of growth: average to fast-growing
  • Flowering period: June
  • Hardiness: fully hardy

    Clusters of red-tinted white flowers in June, followed by bright orange-red autumn berries, and long, grey-green leaves. This splendid, semi-evergreen (or evergreen in milder, sheltered situations) cotoneaster is ideal for a shrub border with moderately fertile, well-drained soil. Erect in habit with spreading branches, its stems can be tied onto a support and grown as a wall shrub.

  • Garden care: Incorporate a quantity of well-rotted garden compost or horse manure in the planting hole to improve the moisture-retentive qualities the soil and a scoop of mycorrhizal fungi to aid root establishment. Prune back after flowering to strong buds or young lower branches. On older plants, cut back about a quarter of the old shoots to the base.
    • Humans/Pets: Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten