Cotoneaster, with its small, deep-green leaves, makes an attractive backdrop for many other plants. This perennial, low-growing shrub makes an excellent groundcover that blends into the background or ...

A combined team of researchers from the Royal Horticultural Society and the University of Reading has found that the Cotoneaster franchetii (also known as Franchet's cotoneaster) hedge plant is ...

Scientists at the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) have found that Cotoneaster franchetii could help absorb pollution on heavily trafficked roads. In a study that compared how different plants tame ...

THIS is a superlative shrub - and it is common as muck. Plants such as this are despised by plant snobs and ignored by a host of gardeners, who crave novelty, while some of the best plants sit ...

What: Cotoneaster dammeri is a dense, semi-evergreen, compact grower that produces brilliant red berries and is easy to grow. It works well as a ground cover, as a foundation plant, as edging in front ...

Bushy, hairy-leafed cotoneaster is a “super plant” which can help soak up pollution on busy roads, horticultural experts have said. The study forms part of work by the charity to ease environmental ...

The seeds of a Cotoneaster or Cotoneaster glaucophyllus alien invasive plant. PHOTO: Rob and Fiona Richardson. THIS week, Hillcrest Conservancy takes a look at the Cotoneaster as part of its series of ...

What: The smoky gray-green foliage of Cotoneaster glaucophyllus adds a sense of depth and mystery to the landscape. The low arching branches of this evergreen shrub form tight thickets, making it an ...

* Common name: Dwarf cotoneaster 'Little Gem' * Botanical name: Cotoneaster adpressus 'Little Gem' * What it is: A low, slow-growing and widely arching semi-evergreen with green leaves smaller than a ...

FAMILIAR plants can so easily be overlooked when faced with the tempting, yet perhaps transient latest fashions in flowers. Shrubs are a good example. Their dependable, but perhaps slightly dull ...

Red berries set against rich green leaves are one of the most attractive sights in winter. Yet most of them, including the flesh-covered seeds of the yew, disappear during the darkest days of ...