Cranberry Cotoneaster
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Western China
Location
Source of plant
Plantasia, Klyn Nurseries, Horticultural Associates, Green-Vu Lanscape Service
Description
Low, wide-spreading shrub with stiff, cold branching pattern, the young shoots growing herringbone fashion from the older ones; tends to mound upon itself forming dense, impenetrable tangles where leaves, bottles and paper penetrate, but cannot be easily removed by raking. Flowers perfect, pinkish-white, small, solitary, borne in late May and early June; attractive but not outstanding. Fruit a cranberry-red pome, 1/4" to 1/3" diameter, borne singly, effective August through September and quite attractive. Foliage dark glossy green, extremely handsome in summer, assuming good bronzy-red or purplish tones in fall, often holding its fall color well into November.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Special characteristics
fruiting characteristics, fall color