| Description | A low growing Cotoneaster with stiff horizontal branches. Good form creeping over rocks and tumbling down garden areas. |
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| Pronunciation | (ko-tone-EE-aster)(DAM-eri) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-7 |
| Sunlight | full, tolerates some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | small white, 5 petals |
| Leaves | small glossy green, reddish in fall |
| Dimensions | 12 inches high, stems root where touching soil |
| Maintenance | may need heavy pruning to rejuvenate form, "doesn't age gracefully" (#1) |
| Native Site | Species plant native to Hubei province of China. |
| Cultivar Origin | Harold T. Hopkins, pre 1960 at the Hopkins Nursery, Bothell, Washington USA |
| Misc Facts | The name for the genus is derived from the Latin words 'cotone', an old name for the quince plant, and the suffix 'aster' means "resembling" (#156). |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #156-San Marcos Growers web site (www.smgrowers.com), #173-Cotoneaster(Jeanette Fryer, Bertil Hylmo) |
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