The most widely grown species is Cotoneaster horizontalis, the herringbone cotoneaster, often planted against a wall or fence. It is covered these days with bright, wax-red berries and the leaves ...

As an added advantage over English holly, cotoneaster does not require both a male and female plant to produce the bright red berries, as English holly does.

Or try rock cotoneaster (C. horizontalis) if you need a low-growing, tough plant that adds lots of showy red fruit all winter. For even more color options, look for pyracanthas, which are available ...

Some plants seem to get around more than others. I'm thinking of the red-berried plants so prized in the dark of winter, particularly holly, pyracantha and cotoneaster. These three have the ...

Or try rock cotoneaster (C. horizontalis) if you need a low-growing, tough plant that adds lots of showy red fruit all winter. For even more color options, look for pyracanthas, which are available ...

Showy cotoneaster (Cotoneaster multiflora) Big bunches of red berries line the arching stems of this substantial shrub. It’s native to Asia, but local birds don’t seem to mind.

Cotoneaster lacteus is a lovely plant, spreading forwards but readily clippable into a neat hedge. The brilliant red berries appear in big clusters in early winter and hang on very well.

The flowers give way to beautiful bright red berries that remain on the plant through winter, making this cotoneaster a showstopper.

The white flowers are in small clusters, and it produces red berries. Cotoneaster frigidus 'Cornubia' loses its leaves in winter. Its habit is upright when young, then arching.

The berries themselves are red and will be thickly clustered along the branches. There is also an attractive variegated form, Cotoneaster horizontalis Variegatus with creamy margins to the foliage.

The right berry bushes can add visual interest to your yard and attract birds. But you might want to steer clear of this bush ...