Shohin Cotoneaster

[DirkvanDreven]

I really like your Cotoneaster, Dirk. Was it originally grown for bonsai or was it just a typical nursery plant?

BTW, I like it better in the unglazed pot. Good choice!

Bought it as a start plant, grown for bonsai. See first picture in this thread.

 

[Yosemite Goat]

Great tree, how do you manage the cold? Mine have died since moving to a colder climate.

 

[DirkvanDreven]

Great tree, how do you manage the cold? Mine have died since moving to a colder climate.

Cotoneaster is pretty cold hardy. And due to climate change we didn't have a decent winter last 22 years.

 

[Yosemite Goat]

I had two that did not make it through 0 degree winters.

 

[DirkvanDreven]

I decided to remove the leaves of my small Cotoneaster, to get good view of the structure of the branches. And correct them with some wire of course.





A lot of work, took me a couple of hours.
Wiring will take longer I think.
And after that, in summer, defoliation again, to remove the wire.

 

[JonW]

I decided to remove the leaves of my small Cotoneaster, to get good view of the structure of the branches. And correct them with some wire of course.

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A lot of work, took me a couple of hours.
Wiring will take longer I think.
And after that, in summer, defoliation again, to remove the wire.

Wow, what a nice bit of ramification. Beautiful tree! Have you grown other varieties? If so, how does this compare? I see Dammeri, Cranberry/Apiculatas, and Horizontalis at nurseries and got a cranberry last year. I've been thinking of getting something like a microphylla as well.

 

[DirkvanDreven]

Wow, what a nice bit of ramification. Beautiful tree! Have you grown other varieties? If so, how does this compare? I see Dammeri, Cranberry/Apiculatas, and Horizontalis at nurseries and got a cranberry last year. I've been thinking of getting something like a microphylla as well.

Thanks.
I have a mame dammeri, a cutting from this tree, and one that I believe to be a C. Horizontalis. That tree is still busy growing a thick trunk.

 

[DirkvanDreven]

Update september 2022

 

[Esolin]

Lovely tree. I like the new pot.

 

[Stella]

Such a cool tree. Well done

 

[johnbaz]

That's a li'l beauty!!

I love Cotoneaster for their small leaves and ability to bounce back even when chopped to almost nothing!!


John

 

[Taste]

Update september 2022View attachment 457013

great pot for that tree, ill def be stealing the color idea

 

[Ply]

Update september 2022

I thought I recognized it.. Nice little tree.