A Tale of Two Cotoneasters

Same shelf. 3 feet apart. Same sun. Same water. Same NEEMing, Same feeding.

One potted. Got in spring and potted.



One Canned. Got a few months ago and waiting to pot til spring.



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Google says they do go brown seasonally. But like this?

OMG, the straight limb on the first one. The horror, the horror.
CW

CWTurner said:

OMG, the straight limb on the first one. The horror, the horror.
CW

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You......just.......wait. The spring pot is lurking and waiting to redefine cotoneaster for all eternity!

That canned one is getting WAY worse. No idea why. Same conditions except for soil.
No idea what to do at this point except maybe just cut it out of can in spring, pot it and wait.

Stubborn thing!