I have just purchased this tree and it says it is very fast growing and a good screen tree. Has anyone any experience with this?
Cotoneaster Cornubia Tree. Has anyone grown this?
Very common in urban civic plantings up here (Northumbs.). It gets to about 6-8m tall, with wide-spreading branching, so needs plenty of space.
Resin
Thanks Resin. Do they look nice? Supposed to be fabulous when all the berries are out.
Nice enough. I tend to think the shape could be better, it is (usually) shrubby, with several stems from the base, usually spreading wide and low. I'll get a photo or two later today.
Overall, I prefer one of its parent species, Cotoneaster frigidus, which makes a better-shaped tree, even though it is deciduous ('Cornubia' is evergreen, except in severe winters, inherited from its other parent Cotoneaster salicifolius).
Resin
Just checked the tag. It is a cotoneaster frigidus 'cornubia'. It is grown as a single stem tree about 7ft high. Is that better. Sorry a bit of a novice at gardening.
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It is a cotoneaster frigidus 'cornubia'
The nursery doesn't have it quite right - it is of hybrid origin, involving both C. frigidus and C. salicifolius (thought to be probably ¾ C. frigidus and ¼ C. salicifolius).
Quoting:
It is grown as a single stem tree
That will certainly make it better (at least in my opinion! - some people prefer them multistemmed and shrubby)
Off to get some pics in a mo
Resin
If you have some pics that would be great. I have only seen it as a young tree and pictures of parts of mature trees. Tried to google it but I couldn't get any good ones.
'Cornubia', tree about 6m tall
Note dead shoots at top on above pic - possibly fireblight?
Trunk of same plant:
'Cornubia', long low branching:
'Cornubia', foliage and flower buds; note the somewhat 'wrinkled' leaves:
Cotoneaster frigidus, tree about 7m tall:
Cotoneaster frigidus, trunk of same tree:
Cotoneaster frigidus, foliage and flower buds; note the smoother, less 'wrinkled' leaves:
Cotoneaster frigidus, fruit still hanging on from last year:
Thank you for all the pictures. At least it gives me an idea of how it will look.Are you in the gardening business by any chance?
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