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Spreading Cotoneaster

Scientific name: Cotoneaster divaricatus
Taxonomy
Family:Rosaceae
Type:Groundcovers evergreen
Native:NO
Plant Requirements
Zone:4 to 8
Sun:Full to partial sun
Moisture:Dry
Plant Characteristics
Height:7 ft
Width:8 ft
Bloom:Spring flowers
Bloom Time:May to June
Bloom Color:White
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description For a tough drought tolerant informal groundcover consider Spreading Cotoneaster as it grows quickly filling on hillsides and parking lot strips.

  Morphology:
This is an evergreen groundcover that can attain a height of 7’ with a an equal width. When the plants are smaller they tend to grow in an upright fashion, but as they spread they become more horizontal to slightly downward.

Pink buds open to form small white-pink flowers that are held tightly against the stems, blossoming in late May and early June. Flowers morph to one quarter inch wide red berries (oval shaped) which mature in September and October and abscise by early winter.

  Adaptation:
Spreading Cotoneaster prospers in full sun to partial shade. This plant would make an outstanding shrub in foundation plantings

  Pests:
Few disease and pest problems.
For assistance, contact Dr. Charles Brun (brunc@wsu.edu), (360) 397-6060 5701
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