Botanical Name: Cotoneaster buxifolius
Common Name: Gray-leaf cotoneaster
Type of Plant: dicot: shrub
Character semi-evergreen
 
Habit of Growth:
Overall Shape low, sprawling, angular plant with spreading, stiff, branches covered with tiny gray leaves
Height 2' - 3'
Spread 4' - 6'
Growth Rate moderate
 
Environment:
Exposure outdoors full sun to partial shade
Soil tolerates most, including alkaline
Hardiness hardy (zones 4-24)
 
Morphology:
Leaves alternate, oval to elliptical 1/4" - 1/2" long, gray above, white and felted beneath
Flowers tiny white flowers, 1/2" across, red-tipped stamens – solitary, along branches, in spring
Fruit bright red, 1/4" diameter pome
 
Propagation:
seed, semihardwood cuttings
 
Usage:
low filler, bank covering, in rock gardens, rustic landscapes - valued for foliage color and contrasting berries
 
Landscape Care:
Watering likes deep, fairly infrequent watering, tolerates regular watering where drainage is good
Fertilizing little required after established
Pruning head back upright branches for denser, more prostrate form
Pests/Diseases fireblight
Special Conditions/Other
 
Origin: China/Tibet
Family: Rosaceae

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