Overview

Cotoneaster integerrimus is a bushy shrubs in the genus Cotoneaster, part of the Rosaceae family, with semi evergreen foliage. It typically grows around 2 metres tall. Cotoneaster integerrimus grows best in full sun, and tolerates most soils and any pH. Its UK hardiness is rated H5. Suggested uses include city and courtyard gardens, cottage and informal garden and coastal.

About

In the past, it was treated in a wider sense, including plants from Wales now split off as Cotoneaster cambricus and plants from Scandinavia now treated as Cotoneaster scandinavicus, but differs from these in genetic profile and detail of foliage and fruit. It is a deciduous shrub growing to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) tall. The leaves are oval to oval-acute, 1–4 centimetres (0.39–1.57 in) long, green and thinly pubescent above at first, later glabrous, and densely pubescent below and on the leaf margin, with pale grey hairs. The flowers are produced in corymbs of one to four (occasionally up to seven) together in mid spring, each flower 3 millimetres (0.12 in) diameter, with five white to pale pink petals. Grow it in full sun and most soil types. In UK gardens it is hardy in most of the UK (RHS H5). It works well for city and courtyard gardens, cottage and informal garden and coastal.

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About the genus

Cotoneaster is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to the Palaearctic region, with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern China and the Himalayas. They are related to hawthorns (Crataegus), firethorns (Pyracantha), photinias (Photinia), and rowans (Sorbus).

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Growing conditions

Best soil and position for Cotoneaster

Sunlight

Full sun

Soil type

Chalk, Clay, Loam, Sand

Soil pH

Acid, Alkaline, Neutral

Soil moisture

Well-drained

Aspect

South-facing, West-facing

Exposure

Exposed, Sheltered

UK hardiness

H5

Plant details

Cotoneaster integerrimus size, habit and characteristics

Plant type

Shrubs

Habit

Bushy

Foliage

Semi evergreen

Height

2 metres

Suggested uses

City and courtyard gardens, Cottage and informal garden, Coastal

Care notes

Pruning and caring for Cotoneaster integerrimus

Propagation

Propagate by seed sown in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe in autumn, or by semi-ripe cuttings in late summer

Pest resistance

May be susceptible to brown scale, cotoneaster webber caterpillar and aphids including woolly aphid

Disease resistance

May be susceptible to fireblight, honey fungus, leaf spot, silver leaf and virus diseases

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