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Cotoneaster apiculatus
'' Common Names: Cotoneaster |
| Description: | |
| Glossy green leaves turn to bronzy-red in autumn making the Cranberry Cotoneaster an effective landscape plant. Red berries covering plant from summer into winter attract birds. | |
| Recommendations: | |
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- Plant in early spring if necessary to control size. - Keep moist until roots become established. - Fertilize each spring to maintain plant vigor. - Plant Cotoneasters from autumn to spring. Mulch the soil in spring and water regularly during hot weather. - If branches wither for no apparent reason during the summer, cut them back hard to the base of the branch and burn them. Disinfect your secateurs and treat the open wound on the bush with pruning 'paint'. Keep an eye on the plant. If symptoms recur, this means that it may have fireblight and must be dug up and burned. The disease is incurable and can be transmitted to nearby fruit trees. |
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| Problems: | |
| - Badly affected by fireblight. This is a bacterial disease (Erwinia amylovora) which can rapidly kill some members of the family Rosaceae. This has become a major problem in our area in Lower Michigan. |
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