Wall Cotoneaster | Plant Information

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Plant Data

Flowering Months:

JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC

Order:

Rosales

Family:

Rosaceae (Rose)

Also in this family:

Alpine Lady's-mantle, Barren Strawberry, Bearberry Cotoneaster, Bird Cherry, Blackthorn, Bramble, Bullate Cotoneaster, Burnet Rose, Cherry Laurel, Common Agrimony, Common Hawthorn, Common Lady's-mantle, Common Whitebeam, Crab Apple, Creeping Chinese Bramble, Creeping Cinquefoil, Cultivated Apple, Cultivated Pear, Dewberry, Dog Rose, Dropwort, Entire-leaved Cotoneaster, Firethorn, Fragrant Agrimony, Franchet's Cotoneaster, Garden Lady's-mantle, Goatsbeard Spiraea, Great Burnet, Greengage Plum, Hairless Lady's-mantle, Hollyberry Cotoneaster, Japanese Quince, Japanese Rose, Jew's Mallow, Late Cotoneaster, Marsh Cinquefoil, Meadowsweet, Midland Hawthorn, Mountain Ash, Pale Lady's-mantle, Parsley Piert, Portuguese Laurel, Purple-flowered Raspberry, Raspberry, Rock Whitebeam, Salad Burnet, Shrubby Cinquefoil, Silverweed, Southern Downy Rose, Spring Cinquefoil, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Swedish Whitebeam, Tormentil, Water Avens, Waterer's Cotoneaster, Wild Cherry, Wild Plum, Wild Strawberry, Willow-leaved Bridewort, Wood Avens

Type:

Semi-evergreen shrub

Life Cycle:

Perennial

Maximum Size:

1 metre tall

Habitats:

Gardens, mountains, roadsides, rocks, walls, wasteland.

Flower:

Pink, 5 petals

Pink with white anthers, up to 5mm.

Fruit:

Orange-red berries.

Leaves:

Small, pointed leaves that are shiny on both sides. Dark green on the upper surfaces and paler beneath, turning red in autumn. The leaves are positioned tightly together and are close to the branches. The herringbone structure of the branches make this plant instantly recognisable.

Aroma:

Leaves smell unpleasant but the flowers have a pleasant fragrance.

Other Names:

Rock Spray, Rockspray Cotoneaster, Wall Spray.

Frequency (UK):

Common