Re: cotoneaster
- Subject: Re: cotoneaster
- From: J* D*
- Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2002 09:33:56 -0700 (PDT)
Here in the Bay Area certain cotoneasters are
invasive, for example on San Bruno Mountain just south
of San Francisco. I'm not sure this would augur ill
for Redding, which is so much hotter, drier, colder
and even wetter than here.
-Jason Dewees
San Francisco
--- Joe Seals <gardenguru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> According to "Wescott's Plant Disease Handbook",
> Cotoneasters get at least five diseases in
> California.
> As many as 14 or so throughout the country.
>
> According to Pasquale P. Pirone in his "Diseases and
> Pests of Ornamental Plants", Cotoneaster is subject
> to
> eight key pests (some of which may not occur in
> California).
>
> As for practical experience, I see almost NO serious
> pests on the common Cotoneaster in my neck of the
> woods.
>
> This sounds a bit like so many books that say "roses
> are subject to hundreds of diseases and pests",
> which
> is literally true. But it would be a rare rose that
> would find itself so fraught with pain.
>
> The only serious problem I ever see with
> Cotoneasters
> is that they are too frequently planted in the wrong
> location. Of the many species and cultivars, why is
> it that BIG ones are planted in SMALL spaces?!
>
> Joe
> --- kgkg1010@aol.com wrote:
> > Heidi Gildemeister's book states that Cotoneaster
> is
> > a host to several pests
> > and diseases. Has anyone had problems with
> > cotoneaster? Which pests and
> > diseases is it a host to?
> > Kathleen
> > Redding, CA - north end of the hot dry Sacramento
> > Valley
> >
>
>
> =====
> Joe Seals
> Santa Maria, California --
> where the weather is always perfect
> and my garden always has something blooming
> and birds galore
>
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