In message , kay
writes

'Sacha[_4_ Wrote:
;974506']
They're more often seen spreading against a wall, not with a distinct
trunk like that one. There's a very pretty little one grown as a
weeping standard on a grass verge opposite Dartington Cider Press. I
don't know which it is but that thing of growing with a trunk is very
attractive, imo.
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But the wall covering ones would be different species wouldn't they?
Some cotoneasters are shrubs, others are naturally small trees.

The wall covering ones are the Cotoneaster horizontalis group and the
Cotoneaster integrifolius group. Cotoneaster horizontalis is one of the
more invasive species.

Another particularly invasive species is Cotoneaster simonsii, which is
a large shrub. There are quite a few species similar to this, and my
ability to tell them apart doesn't extend that far.

The Cotoneaster bullatus group have a similar habit, but larger leaves,
and larger clusters of flowers.

There are prostrate/mound-forming species, such as Cotoneaster dammeri.

The biggest Cotoneasters are Cotoneaster frigidus and its hybrid with
Cotoneaster salicifolius (Cotoneaster x watereri). There seems to be
disagreement as to whether Cornubia is frigidus or x watereri.

All in all, over 80 species of Cotoneaster have been found growing wild
in Britain. Presumably the number cultivated is larger.


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Stewart Robert Hinsley