Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Cotoneaster salicifolia, 1 by Decumbent

Decumbent wrote:
This is a shrub which I feel has tremendous potential for softening the countless concrete and concrete block retaining walls that are out there. This is the pure species in the pictures. I think the cultivar "Scarlet Leader" is even "threadier," although I think I'm favoring the bit of stiffness of the species a little more these days. Here in zone six, it stays evergreen (or semi evergreen in the best possible sense of that term) through most winters. The foliage is neat and glossy. The berries are glossy and red. And the plant doesn't seem to catch all the leaf litter and real litter like C. apiculatus. I have seen no issues of pests or diseases.

Scott