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Happy, Healthy Plants Guaranteed
Expertly Grown In The UK
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Expertly Grown In The UK
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Cotoneaster 'Coral Beauty'

A small garden tree full of colour

Grown by John

South Downs National Park

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Cotoneaster Ornamental Trees
Cotoneaster Ornamental Trees

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The highlights

  • Glossy evergreen leaves followed by flowers and bright orange berries
  • Fully hardy, easy to care for and grows to a compact 1m
  • Ideal as a feature tree in a pot, lawn or mixed border
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit

Description

  • Coral Beauty is a great choice of evergreen shrub for a small space, with year-round interest from glossy, dark green leaves, white flower clusters in summer and plentiful autumn berries
  • Grow in a pot, lawn or as the centrepiece of a mixed border. Cotoneaster grows with its branches in an attractive herringbone pattern, making it perfect for growing flat against a wall
  • Fully hardy throughout the UK
  • The berries are highly attractive to birds (although inedible for humans) and will attract wildlife to your garden
  • This is a truly low maintenance shrub, requiring pruning only if you want to shape the shrub - this should be done after flowering
  • RHS Award of Garden Merit winner

What To Expect

Supplied as:

Potted plant
30-60cm Plant in a 3L Pot

Height on arrival:

Eventual height:

1m

Eventual spread:

1.5-2.5m
Spreads approx 1.5-2.5m unless pruned
1.5-2.5m
Spreads approx 1.5-2.5m unless pruned

Time to first crop:

Flower colour:

White
Clusters of small white flowers in summer
White
Clusters of small white flowers in summer

Habit:

Upright, bushy
An upright tree with a bushy crown
Upright, bushy
An upright tree with a bushy crown

Hardiness:

Fully hardy
H6 - hardy in most places throughout the UK even in the coldest winters.
Fully hardy
H6 - hardy in most places throughout the UK even in the coldest winters.

Rootstock:

Spacing:

1.5m
Plant 150cm apart to allow for spreading

How To Grow

Good pest and disease resistance

Generally a very resilient tree but may be affected by aphids, woolly aphid, scale insects or caterpillars. May be susceptible to fireblight and honey fungus.

Water when new

Water your plant regularly when newly planted - once established it won't need much water except in hot or dry weather. Be careful not to overwater this plant.

Full sun to partial shade

Plant where the tree will receive at least 4-6 hours of sunlight daily.

Most fertile, well-drained soils

This tree will flourish in any moderately fertile, moist and well drained soil.

No feeding needed

A low maintenance plant which take all its nutrients from the soil

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South Downs National Park

Meet John

110 years' expertise free with every tree

John’s family have been growing trees in the South Downs National Park for over a century, and it shows. Dug up and sent straight to your garden at between 18-36 months old, their quality rootstocks, expert pruning and natural pest control mean that these traditionally field-grown trees are the hardiest you can get.

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