GARDENING GERRY DALY AS the last of the leaves fall, the berries of cotoneaster become more noticeable and more important as garden decoration, and as food for hungry birds. Also the colours of the ...

Cotoneaster, with its small, deep-green leaves, makes an attractive backdrop for many other plants. This perennial, low-growing shrub makes an excellent groundcover that blends into the background or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Single-story house with yard in fall - LanaG/Shutterstock Rockspray cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis) is an absolutely ...

Q. I used to live in Virginia and had English holly shrubs to provide greens for holiday decorations. Now that I live in Southern California, I could use a suggestion for a good holly substitute that ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A big crop of red berries is a traditional sign that a British winter will be cold. So far this year, tradition ...

Plenty of berries in autumn means a hard winter ahead. That, at least, is one old wife's tale. If it's true we are in for a taste of Siberia because trees '¨and ...

One of the commonest, yet most desirable, garden shrubs is Cotoneaster horizontalis. In many ways it is a victim of its own success, for it is so ubiquitous that snobs enjoy despising it. Its ...

Every garden, large or small, needs plants that really earn their keep. Cotoneasters do that. They are handsome, dense shrubs - or small trees - with good habits and impressive flowers. A member of ...

These stunning birds are one of the UK's winter's finest guests, and they're on the move in a hunt for berries, writes Kate Bradbury We're having a waxwing winter, apparently. Speaking on BBC Radio 4 ...

Rockspray cotoneaster (Cotoneaster horizontalis) is an absolutely stunning ground cover choice for fall, with red berries and leaves that turn reddish-purple as autumn rolls in. However, this shrub ...