Rock Cotoneaster Bonsai

The rock cotoneaster is a beautiful spring interest plant blossoming with delicate white flowers in the spring that turn into vibrant red berries as mature fruit.
Rock cotoneaster bonsai. In the fall you can expect red to. Pot may vary depending on availability. Small 5 petaled pink tinged white flowers are produced in late spring. Cotoneaster microphyllus is an excellent subject for bonsai particularly shohin and mame size bonsai with its minute leaf size readiness to respond to hard pruning prolific flowering and berrying.
Care guide for the cotoneaster bonsai tree a real bonsai favorite depending on the species either deciduous or evergreen. The correct pronounciation is cot own e aster. Cotoneaster horizontalis is often formed in the cascade style or planted on the rock thus called rock cotoneaster. Messages 60 reaction score 83 location sheffield england.
Rock cotoneaster bonsai are notorious for suckering. In order to encourage trunk growth suckers must consistently be removed especially at the base of the tree. Root over rock rock planting. 11 minutes ago 1 hi all i ve had this for quite a few years now and keep getting the urge to redude the size of the rock with my diamond wheel angle grinder then.
In the fall you can expect red to purplish color before the leaves drop if keeping outdoors. It is a deciduous shrub that is suitable for bonsai culture because of its forgiving nature very suitable for beginners it looks great due to its long lasting color grows best in temperate regions. The cotoneaster is in bloom form may to june. The branches are studded with small glossy leaves that warm up to orange and red in fall.
Start date 11 minutes ago. The rock cotoneaster is a beautiful spring interest plant blossoming with delicate white flowers in the spring that turn into vibrant red berries as mature fruit. Originally from the northern temperate regions of europe and asia. Most species have small berries or small white flowers.
Slow growing cotoneaster horizontalis rock cotoneaster is a spreading deciduous shrub with flat and stiff regularly branched sprays in a strict herring bone pattern. The rock cotoneaster is a beautiful spring interest plant blossoming with delicate white flowers in the spring that turn into vibrant red berries as mature fruit. These bonsai are enthusiastic.