Bullate 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, 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, Wall Cotoneaster, 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:

5 metres tall

Habitats:

Gardens, grassland, hedgerows, sand dunes, scrub, walls, wasteland, woodland.

Flower:

White, 5 petals

Large clusters of pinkish-white flowers, each with 5 petals.

Fruit:

Clusters of bright red berries frequently bird-sown, 1 cm in size when fully grown.

Leaves:

A deciduous or sometimes evergreen shrub (garden escape) with leaves of a blistered appearance, hence its alternative name. The Bullate Cotoneaster is difficult to tell apart from the similar-looking Hollyberry Cotoneaster. The Hollyberry Cotoneaster has smaller leaves (up to 7cm in length), whereas the darker-coloured Bullate Cotoneaster leaves are up to 15cm in length. The dark green, pointed leaves are downy beneath and turn red in autumn. In the British Isles, the Bullate Cotoneaster is most often found in north-west England. The Hollyberry Cotoneaster is less common.

Other Names:

Blistered Cotoneaster.

Frequency (UK):

Common