21+ Cotoneaster Lacteus Leaf
Leaves are dark green above whitish green beneath simple alternate elliptic ovate to oblong ovate 1 to 1 1 2 long 1 4 to 3 4 wide.
Cotoneaster lacteus leaf. The shiny green leaves have wavy margins and turn to a maroon red in the fall. Rockspray cotoneaster is a slow growing deciduous variety with stiff branches and. Cotoneaster is a genus of woody shrubs native to asia europe and north africa. An evergreen arching shrub ideal for hedging. Leaves alternate simple leathery fairly large about 5 5 x 3 5 cm dark green above and white tomentose below. Cotoneaster lacteus native to china and northern india. Cotoneaster lacteus comes true from seed.
Produces a profusion of bright red fruit in the fall. Don t get carried away with cotoneaster pruning here. Evergreen shrub 6 12 ft 1 8 3 7 m spreading dense arching reddish stems. Cotoneaster has many different habits prostrate forms through to shrubs and trees taller than 4 m. Cotoneaster is not one of those shrubs that requires pruning to develop vigorous strong branches. Lacteus is a large evergreen shrub with arching branches bearing oval leaves to 6cm in length. Creeping cotoneasters cotoneaster adpressus are deciduous mounding plants that only grow 12 18 tall but will spread up to 6 feet.
Flowers white off scented in 6 5 cm wide clusters in spring. In fact the shorter varieties of cotoneaster are creepers without upright branches. To trim cotoneasters that are groundcover types you want to keep the brakes on. Leaves are furry and discolourous having the two surfaces different in colour. Cotoneaster k ə ˈ t oʊ n iː ˈ æ s t ər is a genus of flowering plants in the rose family rosaceae native to the palaearctic region temperate asia europe north africa with a strong concentration of diversity in the genus in the mountains of southwestern china and the himalayas. Leaves occur in groups of three. Leaf size changes with different habits but the shape is always the same.
The dammeri species is native to central china this plant is also commonly known as chinese bearberry because bear and deer like to feed on its berries in winter. Cotoneaster lacteus other common names late cotoneaster family rosaceae genus cotoneaster can be deciduous or evergreen shrubs or small trees with simple entire leaves and clusters of small.