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Upright Cotoneaster?

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Ann | 12:30 Sat 12th Jan 2013 | Gardening
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I have seen lots of very small trees or even standard shrubs absolutely laden with beautiful red berries this Autumn/Winter. I thought they may be Rowan trees but we did have a Rowan but it grew much taller than them. Someone suggested they could be Cotoneaster horizontalis (or similar) can you get these to grow in a small border as a standard, like a rose? We used to have one as a shrub and it was very untidy and spread everywhere along the ground, whereas I want to grow it to stand up above other plants. Thanks for any help.
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Cotoneaster Hybridus Pendulus - got one in my garden - lovely weeping standard bush, covered in berries which the redwings love in the winter.

http://www.ideasforgardens.net/palustris/COTONEASTERHYBRIDUSPENDULUS.JPG
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That is lovely SD - especially if you get redwings in it - how lovely, where do you live? Thanks for sending me the pic, I see there are lots of different varieties, got to make sure I choose the right one for our smallish garden.
Small village in North Warwickshire, Ann - the Redwings come in from the surrounding fields when we get a hard freeze and seem to love the Cotoneaster (and my Crab Apple too).
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Not far from me then in Leicestershire. We had a couple of fieldfares in the snowy weather two Winters ago ............ they loved pieces of apple. They disappeared once the snow had gone.
Redwing on my Crab Apple

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Super pic! Like a Christmas card .........
Is that in your garden Dave?
Yes - my garden in snow 2010/2011 :)
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Fieldfares and redwings look very similar don't they?
Yes - I always wind up looking in my bird-guide ...
redwings don't have grey heads.... thats an easy one... great pic dave

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