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Cotoneaster - Peking
Cotoneaster - Peking The Cotoneaster Peking, Cotoneaster 'acutifolia', is an erect shrub with slender spreading branches. The Peking Cotoneaster is best used as a hedge, or in groupings. This shrub displays yellow to red fall foliage and performs best in moist, well-drained soils. This shrub does well in partial shade to full sun light. Cotoneaster may be appreciated more for its dark green foliage than its blossoms. The small flowers are white to pinkish. Three-eighths inch black berries ripen in September and persist through mid-winter and are appreciated by some song birds such as the Robin and Catbird. Cotoneaster provides cover for numerous song and game birds. Songbirds such as robins eat the fruit. Use this plant in the landscape for hedges, screens, and groupings. Too keep this plant neat you may want to prune in the winter. Zones 2-9.
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