| Description | A large white flowering shrub that needs lots of space. Can grow into a very large shrub. |
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| Pronunciation | (ko-tone-EE-aster) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-7 |
| Sunlight | prefers sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average to well drained |
| Flowers | 1/2" white flowers, in corymbs, bore upright |
| Fruit | red berry-like drupe |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, gray-green, little if any fall color |
| Stems | slender weeping |
| Dimensions | A large shrub reaching greater than 12 feet in height and spread. Forms a large mounding plant with weeping or cascading branches. |
| Propagation | seeds, cuttings |
| Native Site | Western China |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced in 1837 in England. |
| 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). |
| Author's Notes | I have seen very large Cotoneaster multiflous plants. Very impressive if give space. At the Boerner Botanic Gardens, one is planted behind a wall that was dug into a hillside. The plant cascade over the front of the fall. In bloom it is a stunning display of white flowers followed by red fruit. |
| 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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