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Cotoneaster apiculatus

Cranberry Cotoneaster

A low, graceful, spreading form with glossy, dark green leaves, pink flowers, and large, bright red fruit persisting through the winter.

  • »  Small, whitish-pink flowers
  • »  Red berries in late summer sometimes persist into the winter
  • »  Small, wavy, glossy, green leaves turn bronzy-red in the fall
  • »  Graceful spreading habit re-roots for an effective ground cover
  • »  Bloom Time: Spring

3gal
$39.75
5gal Topgraft Low Inventory
$234.00
7gal Topgraft
$264.00
  • Category:Shrubs
  • Hardiness Zone:4
  • Height:80-100 cm
  • Spread:100-125 cm
  • Bloom Color: Pink
Exposure
• Full Sun
• Partial Sun/Shade
Soil Moisture
• Moist to Average
• Average to Dry Soils
• Well-drained
Attracts Wildlife
• Attracts Birds
Growth Rate
• Medium
Attributes
• Berries
• Deciduous
• Drought Tolerant
• Fall Color
• Heat Tolerant
Flowering Time
• Lt. Spr-Sum
Habit
• Mounding
• Spreading
Foliage Color
• Green (dark)
Landscape uses
• Border/edging
• Ground cover
• Rock garden
Planting instructions
• Container Plants
Growing & Maintenance Tips for Cotoneaster apiculatus

This plant will tolerate many types of soil i.e. rocky or dry, but not moist, low areas. It grows best in full sun and will tolerate some shade. Can be grafted on a stem to make into a weeping treeform plant.