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variegated purple-flowered cotoneaster

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A low-growing small deciduous shrub with horizontally spreading branches bearing small leaves margined with cream and tinted red in autumn. Small pink flowers are followed by red berries

Scientific classification

Species: variegated purple-flowered cotoneaster (Cotoneaster atropurpureus 'Variegatus')
Genus: Cotoneaster
Family: Rosaceae

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Shrubs
Plant type: 0.1-0.5 metres
Height: 0.5-1 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun
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Ideal temperature

variegated purple-flowered cotoneaster pictures

Distribution of variegated purple-flowered cotoneaster

Distribution map

Distribution of the original taxon: Cotoneaster horizontalis

Native
Introduced
Cultivated

Source：WCVP v16 · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · CC BY 3.0 · Boundaries：WGSRPD / TDWG

Culture

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Toxicity

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling

Quick identification of variegated purple-flowered cotoneaster

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variegated purple-flowered cotoneaster care guide

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings
Watering: Full sun
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Ideal temperature

Watering

Deep watering during dry spells, allowing slight surface drying between soakings

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub or tree feed once each early spring

Pruning

For free-standing plants: 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. For wall-trained specimens: On established wall-trained shrubs, shorten sideshoots to two to four buds from the framework; remove shoots growing towards the wall. Prune annually after flowering on last-year growth, or in late winter or early spring on current-year growth.