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Cotoneaster Franchetii

Original price was: £17.99.Current price is: £12.59.

SKU: D2FPD 1699871318 Categories: Cotoneaster, Plants, Shrubs Tag: WAITROSE

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Position: full sun or partial shade

Soil: moderately fertile, well-drained soil

Rate of growth: average to fast-growing

Flowering period: June

Hardiness: fully hardy

Clusters of red-tinted white flowers in June, followed by bright orange-red autumn berries, and long, grey-green leaves. This splendid, semi-evergreen (or evergreen in milder, sheltered situations) cotoneaster is ideal for a shrub border with moderately fertile, well-drained soil. Erect in habit with spreading branches, its stems can be tied onto a support and grown as a wall shrub.

Garden care: Incorporate a quantity of well-rotted garden compost or horse manure in the planting hole to improve the moisture-retentive qualities the soil and a scoop of mycorrhizal fungi to aid root establishment. Prune back after flowering to strong buds or young lower branches. On older plants, cut back about a quarter of the old shoots to the base.