Cotoneaster

widgetwilk ann

Love the autumn look of this, loads of berries just waiting for the blackbirds to come.

chicky

Beautiful 😍  The cotoneasters are really putting on a show this year 😀

Bijdezee

Really nice and lovely berries. 

Liriodendron

People tend to dismiss them because they're easy to grow, and therefore there are lots around.  I think they're really beautiful!

Borderline

I agree. Like Pyracantha and sometimes Hawthorn fall in that category. They are often left alone once planted. This then creates a mass of growth with no structure or form. If grown imaginatively, they offer a lot of interest throughout the year.

Fairygirl

I agree. They're brilliant shrubs - pyracanthas too.
The evergreen cotoneaster is sometimes planted as a free standing shrub, and it has a nice weeping habit if you look after it. There's one quite near me, and it's lovely.
A house just along from me has a fence with cotoneaster on it. Most of the time it's quite ugly, but it's stunning just now as the whole thing is a mass of red berries. 

The hawthorns were really well covered this year, so the cotoneasters are getting a chance to shine before the blackies and thrushes finish them off.

Nicola149

I've been thinking about taking mine out but right now it's making a strong case to stay with fabulous colour. 

I'm also wondering if this unidentified shrub might be the evergreen form Fairygirl mentions. It's a bit shaggy right now but I've been pruning it into a cloud shape as it's quite dense. It was looking a lot better a couple of months ago!

Fairygirl

Yep - that's the one @Nicola149

The birds never eat the berries on it - so they look good all winter. There's a few round here that are grown as trees and  they look beautiful just now. 
I just let mine ramble along the fence, and cut off any stems which make a bid for freedom. It provides a good backdrop for other planting. 

Fairygirl

Thought I'd take a pic of my lacteus, since we were mentioning it