GARDENING GERRY DALY AS the last of the leaves fall, the berries of cotoneaster become more noticeable and more important as garden decoration, and as food for hungry birds. Also the colours of ...

“The least sturdy one is weeping cotoneaster — they don’t do well here and get diseases. Weeping red bud ‘Lavender Twist’ is a nice specimen tree as well as ‘Snow Fountain’ cherry.

Hungry birds feed avidly on cotoneaster and often strip the shrubs of berries before the end of the year, especially after frost has softened the berries. There are still berries on some plants ...