About Cotoneaster simonsii Baker
Cotoneaster simonsii Baker is a plant species that grows 3–5 m (10–16 ft) tall. Its leaf apex is acute, while the leaf base is either cuneate or obtuse. Its petioles measure 5–7 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long, and are both strigose and villous. Fertile shoots that bear 3–5 leaves are 30–50 mm (1.2–2.0 in) in length, and its stamens are 18–20 mm (0.7–0.8 in) long. Both its fruits and its flowers are 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long. The fruits are globose to obovoid, red and shiny, with flat, green-colored calyx lobes. Flowers bloom in June, while fruits ripen from September to October.
As the synonym C. newryensis, this species was first cultivated at Thomas Smith's Daisy Hill Nursery in Ireland, after which it was moved and distributed by Barbier Nursery in France. It was listed in the Lemoine nursery catalogue in Nancy, France by 1911. This plant has critics, including garden designer Russell Page, who stated: "It is a horrid ungainly plant which I would usually exclude from any garden."
