24+ Cotoneaster Lacteus Pruning
These plants tolerate a variety of ph levels as well as sea salt.
Cotoneaster lacteus pruning. In a wildlife garden the cup shaped flowers will attract pollinators while the succeeding berries feed birds. Cotoneaster is pronounced cah toe nee as ter rather. Give cotoneaster a light pruning any time of year. Plant cotoneaster in full sun in well draining soil. Large clusters of small white flowers are followed by small red berries large clusters of small white flowers are followed by small red berries. To trim cotoneasters that are groundcover types you want to keep the brakes on. In fact the shorter varieties of cotoneaster are creepers without upright branches.
These useful shrubs some evergreen range from tall tree like shrubs to ground hugging types that suppress weeds. Some can be grown against a wall or fence. Pruning is essential for controlling fire blight but you can also use a copper sulfate based fungicide according to. Shape the plant by removing any longer branches that are growing above the rest or that make the bush look lopsided and get rid of any stems that look weak or damaged.