COTONEASTER SEROTINA.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 193, 15 August 1936, Page 6

COTONEASTER SEROTINA.

This species of cotoneaster, introduced from Western China by the late Mr. George Forrest, is proving to be one of the most useful and showy of the newer shrubs. A bushy evergreen, only moderately strong in growth compared with some of the species, Forrest described it as from five to ten feet high. The oval, dark green leaves arc from one inch to three inchcs long and half as wide. The corymbs of small, white flowers, two or three inches across, are freelv borne in July and arc followed by quantities of small, bright red fruits. In these we have its greatest decorative value for the shrub borders and pleasure grounds. A particularly free-fruiting species, the fruits mature late, and remain on the branches untouched by the birds until late spring. In common with other cotoneasters, this species thrives in ordinary cultivated garden ground and is readily propagated by seeds, cuttings and layering.