Wire Nettingbush
Care
Lighting
The Wire Nettingbush grows best on bright to full sunny spots. If placed in the garden or on the balcony a light shaded place with only a few sunrays per day is also fine.
Soil
Regular mixes for container plants, vegetables and herbs can be used pure or mixed with some bird sand or clay granules.
Watering
Let the soil dry between the waterings to about 70-80 % of the pots height. If Corokia cotoneaster is placed cool to temperate in winter reduce watering. Avoid overwatering or drying out.
Feeding
When in active growth with standard liquid fertilizer (monthly), spikes or granules (2 to 3 monthly).
New bought or recently repotted plants don’t need to be fed for the first year.
Temperature
To keep Corokia cotoneaster healthy it should be placed cool to temperate during winter at 1 to 15 °C (34 to 59 °F). A minimum of -5 °C (23 °F) will be tolerated for some days but this plant is definitive not hardy.
Propagation
Probably stem cuttings.
Profile
Scientific name
Corokia cotoneaster
Common name(s)
Wire Nettingbush
Family
Argophyllaceae
Origin
New Zealand
Height
Up to 3 m in its natural habitat
Toxic
No but not edible.