…year is a standout species. Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster flinkii Cotoneaster flinkii Cotoneaster flinkii Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rhytidophyllum Cotoneaster rhytidophyllum Cotoneaster…

…better than ever before. Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster rubens is improving and well worth growing. Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus in varying stages of ripeness. Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus Cotoneaster…

…look at our C. franchettii. Cotoneaster tengyuehensis Cotoneaster tengyuehensis Cotoneaster tengyuehensis Cotoneaster ‘St Andrew’s Blaze’ (a gift from Fromefield Nurseries). This is not in the Fryer/Hylmö book so I need…

…reds! Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’. Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ Cotoneaster erratus. Cotoneaster erratus Cotoneaster teijiashanensis not yet ripe by any means but the leaf looks correct from the reference books. What a name! Cotoneaster…

…Then another look at our new cotoneaster collection: The rare Cotoneaster songoricus from Kazakhstan now has berries. Cotoneaster songoricus As does Cotoneaster fangianus from Korea which (as here) has light…

…thimphuensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster hillieri with fewer fruits than usual. Cotoneaster hillieri Cotoneaster flinckii. Cotoneaster flinckii Cotoneaster flinckii Cotoneaster rubens with a trailing habit. Cotoneaster rubens Cotoneaster rubens Minor progress…

…quite open. Cotoneaster ‘Saint Andrew’s Blaze’ Cotoneaster ‘Saint Andrew’s Blaze’ Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus (Ogisu 95102) with its first flowers that I remember. Cotoneaster rhytidophyllus (Ogisu 95102) Cotoneaster hillieri already has ripening…

…of what was planted here: -Cotoneaster erratusCotoneaster fangianusCotoneaster flinckiiCotoneaster gambleiCotoneaster glabratusCotoneaster naoujanensisCotoneaster rhytidophyllusCotoneaster rokujodaisanensisCotoneaster rubensCotoneaster schubertiiCotoneaster sikangensisCotoneaster silvestriiCotoneaster soongoricusCotoneaster teijiashanensisCotoneaster tengyuehensis Cotoneaster thimphuensis Cotoneaster uniflorus Cotoneaster vandelaarii Cotoneaster wilsonii Cotoneaster…

…This proves it is not Cotoneaster microphyllus which has reddish pink fruits. Could it be Cotoneaster perpusillus, a Wilson introduction? Very few cotoneaster species have orange fruits. Perhaps these will…

…Cladastris kentuckea Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ with its yellow berries just turning. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Ilex cornuta (BJWS 8756) has an upright tree like habit but no flower or berries unlike…

…soon.Cotoneaster ‘Rothschildianus’ is very similar to Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ except in the fruit colour. Here the former is flowering well in full sun. Sometimes referred to as Cotoneaster x walteri ‘Rothschildianus’…

…2022 – CHW Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ covered in 40 to 50 butterflies. Mainly speckled woods I think. Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Cotoneaster ‘Exburyensis’ Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar Bear’ at its best. Rhododendron ‘Pink Polar…

…on Aesculus wilsonii. Aesculus wilsonii Cotoneaster ‘Blaze’ with nearly ripe berries. Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Contoneaster ‘Blaze’ Cotoneaster gonggashanensis with large striking red berries. Cotoneaster gonggashanensis Cotoneaster erratus with more berries than…

…keysii Also still leaf and good late autumn colour on Cotoneaster glomerulatus. Some years, without frost, this is almost an evergreen species with us here. Cotoneaster glomerulatus Cotoneaster glomerulatus Suprsingly…

…glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus Cotoneaster glabratus 2018 – CHW Sophora japonica ‘Sun King’ has a fat crop of flower buds developing. We lost three of…

…today as Cotoneaster salicifolius ‘Pink Champagne’ but we were given it by John Bond at Windsor under the first name. Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’ Cotoneaster x watereri ‘Pink Champagne’…

…berries on the rare Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’. Cotoneaster frigidus ‘Inchmery’ Still a few leaves on Magnolia decidua (formerly Manglietia decidua). Perhaps it will finally flower this year? Magnolia decidua Cotoneaster…

…Cotoneaster horizontalis outside the Drawing Room. Salvia ‘Hot Lips’ and Cotoneaster horizontalis I have never seen Cotoneaster horizontalis so covered in berry. Cotoneaster horizontalis Cotoneaster horizontalis Sadly Kerry Burns died…

…and deutzia species Plenty of berries on Cotoneaster noujanensis which was planted a year ago. Cotoneaster noujanensis Cotoneaster noujanensis Also red then black berries on Cotoneaster wilsonii planted at the…

…or is it a Cotoneaster x walteri hybrid? It is not an evergreen and it is near two other plants which may be Cotoneaster x walteri or Cotoneaster salicifolius forms….