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Rosaceae
Rock cotoneaster
Cotoneaster horizontalis
Also known as Cotoneaster perpusillus, Pyrus horizontalis, Wall cotoneaster, Cotoneaster horizontalis var. typicus
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Groundcover Shrub · Wildlife Plant · Winter Berries · Slope Stabilizer · Deciduous · Rosaceae · Rock Garden · Low Maintenance · Spreading Shrub · Bird Garden
Rock cotoneaster is a tough, spreading deciduous shrub prized for its herringbone branch pattern, delicate spring flowers, and vivid red berries that persist into winter for bird fodder. It performs best in full sun to part shade with well-drained soil and is highly tolerant of poor soils, slopes, and rocky terrain once established. Minimal pruning is needed; simply remove dead wood in early spring to maintain its elegant, low-growing form.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water until soil is moist; allow top 1-2 inches to dry before watering again · Every 10-14 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 4 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Yes
- Foliage
- Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Argentina Northeast, Austria, Baltic States, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, New York, New Zealand North
- Attracts
- Bees, Birds, Butterflies
Sources: trefle, usda
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