Habitat

• native to western China
• hardy to zone 4

Habit and Form

• a deciduous, medium to large shrub
• 9' to 12' tall with an equal to greater width
• upright shrub with weeping branch habit; fountain-like
• medium texture
• medium growth rate

Summer Foliage

• alternate leaf arrangement
• simple, deciduous leaves
• ovate leaf shape
• 1" to 2.5" long and a little over half as wide
• bluish green leaf color
• tomentose underside

Autumn Foliage

• yellow fall color

Flowers

• small, white flowers
• 0.5" across
• blooms in early spring
• born is clusters of corymbs
• emits odor

Fruit

• red pome fruit
• 0.33" in diameter
• ripen in September through October
• can be showy
• persists

Bark

• young purple stems; pubescent

Culture

• transplant from containers only because of sparse root system
• prefers well-drained, loose soil
• wind tolerant
• pH adaptable
• full sun to partial shade
• prune tolerant
• salt tolerant

Landscape Use

• hedge
• bank cover
• groupings or mass
• espalier
• for flowers or fruit effect
• screen

Liabilities

• generally trouble-free for a cotoneaster

ID Features

• imbricate bud, appressed with loose exposed outer scales
• fishbone stem pattern
• pale pink flowers
• black, pome fruits
• irregular growth habit
• long spreading branches
• alternate leaves
• pubescence on underside of leaf

Propagation

• by seed, stratification required
• cuttings

Cultivars/Varieties

var. calocarpus - A form that is not often seen in the trade, but is said to bear larger fruit in greater quantity than the species.