Diels' cotoneaster
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Upright, deciduous or semi-evergreen shrub about 2.5m tall, with slender arching branches. Dark green leaves have slightly impressed veins, grey or greenish felting beneath, colouring bright red in autumn, and clusters of summer flowers are pink-tinged white, followed by glossy scarlet berries

Scientific classification
- Species
- Diels' cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dielsianus)
- Genus
- Cotoneaster
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
- Toxicity
- Shrubs
- Plant type
- 2.5-4 metres
- Height
- 2.5-4 metres
- Spread
- Deciduous · Semi evergreen
- Foliage
- Bushy
- Habit
- Autumn · Spring · Summer
- Season of interest
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
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Distribution of Diels' cotoneaster
Distribution map
China (Sichuan, Hubei)
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Culture
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Toxicity
Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Quick identification of Diels' cotoneaster
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Diels' cotoneaster care guide
- Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred
- Watering
- Full sun
- Sunlight
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- Ideal temperature
Watering
Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred
Fertilizing
Balanced shrub feed once in spring
Pruning
Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.
Propagation
Propagate by seed in containers in a cold frame as soon as ripe in autumn or propagate by softwood cuttings (greenwood cuttings) in early summer
Growing
Grow in moderately fertile, well-drained soil in full sun
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Common pests and diseases
Diseases
May be susceptible to fireblight and honey fungus
Pests
May be susceptible to aphids, woolly aphid, scale insects and cotoneaster webber caterpillar
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