| Description | A low growing vigorous shrub good as a ground cover or cascading over walls. |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | (ko-tone-EE-aster) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white, 5 petals |
| Fruit | bright red fruit, attract birds |
| Leaves | dark green, glossy, bronzy-red to yellow-orange in fall |
| Stems | prostrate, arching, lightly rooting where they touch the ground |
| Dimensions | 1.5-3 feet tall, spreads over 6 feet, vigorous |
| Maintenance | pruning to control spread, prune out vertical branches that may sprout up |
| Native Site | China, Species planted introduced in around 1900 by Ernest Wilson. |
| Cultivar Origin | Skogholm' was grown in Sweden and came into the market about 1950. |
| Misc Facts | (syn C. dammeri Mrs. Kennedy, C. dammeria Skoglum) |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #173-Cotoneaster (Jeanette Fryer, Bertil Hylmo) |
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