Cotoneaster Species, Hedge Cotoneaster, Shiny Cotoneaster

Wow, what a wonderful shrub! These appeared for the first time in a nursery here in 2013. Planted 2 of them in part sun. After a bad wint...Read Moreer where people were losing tons of native & cold-hardy shrubs/trees, these emerged unscathed. Have planted 3 more this spring (2014) & the only problem seems to be that some leaves are scorching in the summer heat. But they appear to be making it & will be a great screen around a spa.

I already posted photos of the Peking Cotoneaster, C. acutifolius, that really is the same species as this, but that has duller leaves wi...Read Moreth some more hairiness and hair on the flowers. Most nurseries in the Midwest sell the "Peking Cotoneaster" which really is this Shiny or Hedge Cotoneaster. There was confusion in the nursery trade, but the difference is so minor of three different listed species that are so very similar, all being large Cotoneaster shrubs with black fruit from East Asia. I will re-post photos here as the two supposed species are the same. Shiny or Hedge Cotoneaster, usually called Peking Cotoneaster, is occassionally found planted in the Midwest and Northern Plains. This is a good quality plant that is basically neat and clean with good fall color. The black berries are borne late summer and fall don't show up well. So far, I haven't seen this plant in the Mid-Atlantic region. Once during a hot, dry summer in the 1970's in northeast IL, I had to prune the three shrubs planted in my parent's backyard far back, about 1 to 2 feet below the infection, to stop the advancing blackening stems caused by the deadly bacterial disease of Fire Blight, which saved the plants. This is a good quality large shrub. However, now that I am strongly influenced by the American Native Plant Movement, I am not as found of it as I used to be because it is not native in the US. The Tall Black Chokeberry, Aronia melanocarpa elata, is native and is similar.

Where can I purchase this plant in the uk? Will it do well in Bristol?

Regards

Sue