Hi to all, have any of you grown Cotoneaster from seed, and if so how did you go about it?
I have millions of Berries, both red and yellow and would like to put to good use.
Regards Beeman
Cotoneaster seed
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I have never grown cotoneaster from seed, but they have grown themselves for me, if you know what I mean, with seedlings springing up all over the place from different varieties of cotoneaster. But I would proceed as one would with most tree and shrub seeds: I would mix the berries with damp sand or a sand/peat mixture, freeze them for a short while (either naturally, if we get any winter this year, or by putting them in a plastic bag in the domestic freezer for a month or so), then sow them fairly shallowly in seed pens and put them outside, protecting them with mesh or chickenwire, otherwise the birds will have them! I would think you will get quite a good germination rate.