(Willowleaf Cotoneaster)

Great drought tolerance and pretty red fruits that accentuate the glossy leaves well into winter make willowleaf cotoneaster a plant deserving more use as a groundcover or tall screen. A native of the Himalayas and western China, this typically evergreen plant has a spreading form with long, gently arching branches. In spring fragrant white flowers are borne in clusters that will develop into small, showy red berries. When cooler temperatures arrive in autumn, the green leaves change to an attractive...

(Emerald Carpet™ Willowleaf Cotoneaster, Willowleaf Cotoneaster)

Willowleaf cotoneaster is a graceful evergreen that arches and spreads that is native to the Himalayas, northern India and China. Willowleaf cotoneaster widely varies between its cultivars in regards to its size and growth habit.

The cultivar 'Moner' or 'Emerald Carpet' is a low compact, creeping form with smaller oval leaves that reveals white blossoms in spring and bright red, elongated berries from fall to winter. Prefers full to part sun and well draining sandy loam. Plant in rock gardens...

(Creeping Willowleaf Cotoneaster, Willowleaf Cotoneaster)

Willowleaf cotoneaster is a graceful evergreen shrub that has an arching to spreading habit. It originates from the Himalayas, northern India and China. The cultivar 'Repens' is a mid-sized selection with a creeping habit. It is often grafted to the leader of a taller, more upright form of Cotoneaster to accentuate its trailing, weeping habit. Small, five-petaled, white-pink flowers appear along its leafy branches in spring. These are followed by bright red, elongated berries in fall that often persist...

(Cotoneaster)

This Old World genus comprises approximately 80 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees, several of which are popular garden subjects. Prostrate and trailing forms of Cotoneaster horizontalis, C. dammeri, C. apiculatus, and C. salicifolius are familiar and widely used groundcovers. Taller cotoneasters (such as C. multiflorus) are less common in landscapes, but are occasionally planted for their attractive...

(Ward's Cotoneaster)

This Old World genus comprises approximately 80 species of deciduous and evergreen shrubs and small trees, several of which are popular garden subjects. Prostrate and trailing forms of Cotoneaster horizontalis, C. dammeri, C. apiculatus, and C. salicifolius are familiar and widely used groundcovers. Taller cotoneasters (such as C. multiflorus) are less common in landscapes, but are occasionally planted for their attractive...

(Bearberry Cotoneaster)

Hybrid bearberry cotoneaster is a dwarf evergreen shrub that forms a broad, low mound of shiny, rounded, dark green leaves with colorful berries in fall. It was formed by the cross of two other species,Cotoneaster dammeri with C. conspicuus. In late spring and early summer, tiny rose-shaped white flowers appear on its arching branches which are normally pollinated by bees. Abundant bright orange-red berries mature in fall, attracting birds well into the start of winter, when the...

(Bearberry Cotoneaster, Coral Beauty Bearberry Cotoneaster)

A hybrid of bearberry cotoneaster (C. dammeri x C. conspicuus), 'Coral Beauty' is a dwarf evergreen shrub that forms a broad, low mound of shiny, rounded, dark green leaves decorated with many small berries in autumn. In late spring and early summer, tiny rose-shaped white flowers appear on its arching branches which are normally pollinated by bees. Abundant bright coral-tinted magenta berries mature in fall, attracting birds well into the start of winter, when the foliage becomes...

(Brass Buttons)

A small, creeping perennial with feathery foliage, brass buttons produces button-like yellow-green flowers in late spring and early summer. Native to the gritty soils in subalpine areas of New Zealand, it will spread indefinitely once established.

The leaves are oblong in shape overall, but have many small, curving lobes with teeth on one side that create a feathery appearance. They are bright green and may or may not be covered in tiny hairs. By late spring short stems rise from the mat of leaves,...

(Brass Buttons)

A small, creeping perennial with purple-black feathery foliage, brass buttons produces button-like yellow-green flowers in late spring and early summer. Native to the gritty soils in subalpine areas of New Zealand, it will spread indefinitely once established and can be quite hardy if given the right growing environment.

The leaves are oblong in shape but have many small, curved lobes with teeth that create a feathery appearance. Newly emerged growth is pale green and matures to deep, purplish...

(Cotyledon, Plakkie)

These succulent shrubs and subshrubs from southern Africa are valued for their handsome evergreen or deciduous foliage and their drought tolerance. The paired fleshy leaves are often densely borne along prostrate or upright branches, which may reach head-height. The rounded, mint-green to silvery-blue leaves have scalloped or toothed edges. Many-flowered umbels of nodding, bell-shaped flowers occur at the tips of long flowering stems in summer, winter, or year-round. The yellow, orange, or red blooms...