SEEDS OF HORIZONTAL ROCKSPRAY - COTONEASTER HORIZONTALIS

Ornamental shrub for parks and gardens. It is of a great value for its attractive fruits. Bonsai. Very showy plant for its fruits and leaves. It is a good groundcover, in rockery, along walls or in hedges. Honey production.

Small shrub with horizontal spreading easily identified by its glossy green leaves becoming orange-red in autumn. Small white-pinkish flowers with red berries reaching maturity in autumn and falling in spring.

Well-drained and poor soils.

Depending on the geographical areas and altitude sowing can take place from February to April. To obtain a more regular and faster germination stratify in cold the seeds for 90 days before the sowing. It is possible to use a sowing substrate for potting or soil from the garden together with a sowing substrate if the sowing is made directly into the garden. The substrate must be wet but not soggy until the germination is completed.