(Creeping Cotoneaster)

Creeping cotoneaster is among the finest of woody groundcovers, with its small, uniform, dark green leaves and contrasting, autumnal red berries. This deciduous, sprawling and spreading low shrub hails from western China, and will be evergreen in mild winter regions. The rigid, irregular branches are filled with tiny flowers in early summer. Upon close inspection, the petals are white with rosy edges, or vice-versa. Red fruits develop thereafter, deepening to a slightly dark red at the time in fall...

(Creeping Cotoneaster)

Creeping cotoneaster is among the finest of woody groundcovers, with its small, uniform, dark green leaves and contrasting, autumnal red berries. This deciduous, sprawling and spreading low shrub hails from western China, and will be evergreen in mild winter regions. The rigid, irregular branches are filled with tiny flowers in early summer. Upon close inspection, the petals are white with rosy edges, or vice-versa. Red fruits develop thereafter, deepening to a slightly dark red at the time in fall...

(Cranberry Cotoneaster)

Introduced from its native western China in 1919, cranberry cotoneaster is a clump-forming deciduous shrub with a low spreading habit. It bears pink flowers in early summer followed by cranberry-sized red fruit in the fall. Along with the autumn fruit display, this plant’s leaves turn ablaze with red, red-purple and bronze color. Its stems are purple-red and when broken, smell of maraschino cherries.

Cranberry cotoneaster is less troubled with disease and insects than other cotoneasters and...

(Cranberry Cotoneaster)

Introduced from its native western China in 1919, cranberry cotoneaster is a clump-forming deciduous shrub with a low spreading habit. It bears pink flowers in early summer followed by cranberry-sized red fruit in the fall. Along with the autumn fruit display, this plant’s leaves turn ablaze with red, red-purple and bronze color. Its stems are purple-red and when broken, smell of maraschino cherries.

Cranberry cotoneaster is less troubled with disease and insects than other cotoneasters and...

(Cranberry Cotoneaster, Tom Thumb Cotoneaster)

Originating from western China, Tom Thumb cranberry cotoneaster is a dwarf, clump-forming deciduous shrub with a low spreading habit. Its small medium green leaves turn ablaze with red color in fall, and its stems smell of maraschino cherries when broken. This slow-growing dwarf seldom bears flowers or fruit. Cranberry cotoneaster is less troubled with disease and insects than other cotoneasters and grows best where winters are cold. Provide it with average, well drained soil and full sun. In the...

(Clusterberry)

The glossy green foliage and clusters of bright red berries in fall and winter make clusterberry a beautiful shrub for well-drained soils. An evergreen native to the Yunnan Province of western China, it attains a rounded, mounding, yet spreading form with loose, reddish branches that arch. The leaves are exquisitely oval and deeply veined, ranging in color from light to dark-green above, with a yellowish-white, fuzzy underside. In late summer small white flowers are produced on small branched clusters,...

(Bearberry Cotoneaster)

Bearberry cotoneaster is a vigorous, evergreen shrub with a low, spreading habit. Native to central China, it has small, glossy, green leaves and tiny white flowers in late spring, so numerous they make the wispy shrub look snow-laden, almost like a Spiraea. In fall, the branches fill with red berries and by winter the leaves take on a purplish hue in the cold.

Bearberry cotoneaster grows best in moist, well-drained soil and full or partial sun, but is adaptable to many soil types. It...

(Bearberry Cotoneaster, Lowfast Cotoneaster)

Lowfast cotoneaster is a vigorous, hardy, evergreen shrub with a spreading habit and decorative red fruit in fall. A selection from a central China native, ‘Lowfast’ matures at the same low height as its parent. Its glossy green foliage is accompanied by a profusion of tiny white or pale pink flowers in late spring, making the wispy shrub look almost flocked with bloom. In fall the branches fill with red berries and by winter the foliage takes on a purplish hue in the cold.

Bearberry cotoneaster...

(Bearberry Cotoneaster, Royal Beauty Cotoneaster)

Royal Beauty cotoneaster is a vigorous, evergreen shrub with a spreading habit and decorative red fruit in fall. A selection from a central China native, it matures at a taller height than the species. Its glossy green foliage is joined in late spring by an immense profusion of tiny white flowers. In fall the branches fill with red berries and by winter the foliage takes on a purplish hue in the cold.

Bearberry cotoneaster grows best in moist, well-drained soil and full or partial sun, but is...

(Bearberry Cotoneaster, Streibs Findling Cotoneaster)

Streibs Findling cotoneaster is a vigorous, evergreen shrub with a very low, spreading habit and abundant decorative red fruits in fall. Selected from a central China native, it matures at a much lower height and has smaller leaves than the species. Its mildly glossy green foliage is accompanied in late spring by enormous numbers of tiny white flowers. In fall the branches fill with red berries and by winter the foliage takes on a purplish hue in the cold.

Bearberry cotoneaster grows best in...