species
Cotoneaster microphyllus
Small-leaved cotoneaster
Scale drawing from this record, beside a 1.7 m figure.
Cotoneaster microphyllus belongs to the family Rosaceae, also known as Small-leaved cotoneaster, introduced to the UK. It reaches 1 m tall and 2.5 m across in about 10 years. It grows in full sun or part shade, on loam, clay, chalk or sand soil, where the ground is acid, neutral or alkaline and in well drained conditions, and suits average or exposed positions. It flowers from May to June and is evergreen. Its RHS hardiness rating is H6 (hardy, very cold winter): −20 to −15°C.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Size at maturity
- 1 m tall × 2.5 m across, after about 10 years
- Hardiness
- H6 (RHS)
- Aspect
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Loam, Clay, Chalk, Sand
- Acidity
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Well drained
- Exposure
- Average, Exposed
- In the UK
- Introduced
When it flowers
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Evergreen — it holds its leaves through the winter.
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