* Common name: Dwarf cotoneaster 'Little Gem' * Botanical name: Cotoneaster adpressus 'Little Gem' * What it is: A low, slow-growing and widely arching semi-evergreen with green leaves smaller than a ...

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 ...

I have a volunteer cotoneaster growing in my garden and I cannot decide whether to remove it or just let it be. A volunteer is a plant that sprouts from a seed you never planted. It comes from a seed ...

A few weeks ago I was in Columbus, Ohio, and spent time at the Franklin Park Conservatory. As I approached the park’s glass conservatory, my memory turned to the Palm House, a glass conservatory in ...

Note: Cotoneaster lacteus, mentioned below, has been recognized as an invasive species that threatens California’s native plant communities. For more, see the Invasive Plant Council (cal-ipc.org).

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This has been an excellent year for ornamental berries, due to the warm, wetter summer in 2024, when the flower buds that led to this year’s berrying were formed, followed by little frost and rain ...