Cotoneaster is a wide-ranging genus of both deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees. They are versatile plants, suitable as great specimen shrubs, ground cover plants, or hedges. Unsurprisingly ...

* 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 ...

Talk about a little shrub that does a great deal: The Tom Thumb cotoneaster (Cotoneaster adpressus "Tom Thumb" or "Little Gem") is a slow-growing plant that requires little pruning. The slightly ...

Pruning is a necessary chore for most trees and shrubs. Some such as apple trees need to be pruned in a specific way to enhance apple production and support. Others require little or no pruning due ...

End of winter is the best time of year to prune shrubs that flower later in the growing season, i.e. from mid-June and after. The reason is that later-flowering shrubs bloom on “new wood.” This means ...