COTONEASTER franchetii

Franchet's cotoneaster

COTONEASTER franchetii

Franchet's cotoneaster

Semi-evegreen shrub with grey green small leaves. White flowers, numerous orange red fruit.

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Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, prune slightly the tips of its shoots with shears, to limit its vegetation or keep it compact. It can tolerate severe pruning, if necessary, which removes the fruits of the year.
Botanical/Horticultural origin : China; discovered by Abbé Delavay (FR) 1889
Use group : Sträucher
Height at 10 years : 2 m
Width at 10 years : 2 m
Growth : Fast
Fragrance : No
Exposure : Sun - Half shade
Evergreen/Deciduous : Semi evergreen
Shape : bushy
Colour of leaves : Green
Colour of flowers : White
Soil type : Garden soil
Uses : Hedge

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Beautiful silvery foliage with greyish-green downy undersides. Beautiful rounded, flexible, gracious with long arching brances. Pink white flowers in May-June followed by orange red fruits from September until February, appreciated by birds. Melliferous plant. Excellent plant in hedges, in borders associated with evergreen ground cover plants or ericacious. Tolerates chalky conditions. Appreciates sheltered locations. Species dedicated by Désiré Bois to Adrien René Franchet, botanist at the Paris Natural History Museum.