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Rosaceae
Willow-leaf cotoneaster
Cotoneaster salicifolius
Also known as Willowleaf cotoneaster, Salixifolia cotoneaster, Pyrus sargentaster, Narrowleaf cotoneaster
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Cotoneaster · Shrub · Evergreen · Berries · Wildlife · Groundcover · Rosaceae · Hedging · Ornamental · Fast-Growing
Willow-leaf cotoneaster is a tough, adaptable shrub that thrives in partial shade to full sun with regular but moderate watering. It produces clusters of small white flowers in spring followed by bright red berries that persist through winter, making it highly attractive to birds. Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape; it tolerates most well-drained soils with minimal fertilization.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist, then allow the top inch to dry before watering again · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5–7.5
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 20 ft – 40 ft
- Spread
- 20 ft
- Spacing
- 72 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Mixed
- Foliage
- Green · Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Austria, Belgium, British Columbia, China South-Central, China Southeast, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, Washington
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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