Creeping Cotoneaster

Growth habit

Shrub

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Heasley Rock Garden

Source of plant

Cayuga Landscape Company, Forestfarm Nursery, Agway

Description

A very dwarf, close-growing, compact, rigidly branching 1-1.5' high shrub, spreading 4-6' and rooting where branches touch the soil. The leaves are glossy dark green; flowers solitary or in pairs, white tipped rose; fruit is a pome, 1/4-1/3" diameter, dark red.

USDA Hardiness Zone

4B

Special characteristics

growth habit, fall color, fruiting characteristics