| Description | Royal Beauty Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri) is an evergreen groundcover that grows about 1 foot tall and spreads to 6 feet wide. The trailing stems root as they touch the ground. White flowers in the spring are followed by bright orange-red fruit and also called Pink Beauty and Coral Beauty Cotoneaster. |
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| Pronunciation | (ko-tone-EE-aster)(DAM-eri) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Broadleaf Evergreen |
| Hardiness Zone | 5-8 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | white, 5 petaled |
| Fruit | red orange (pome), consumed by birds |
| Leaves | small, glossy, evergreen |
| Stems | spreading, ground cover, trailing, roots at nodes |
| Dimensions | about 1 by 6 feet (HS), groundcover |
| Maintenance | gets ragged with age pruning helps to maintain the shape |
| Native Site | China |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced by W. Hoogendoorn and Sons of Boskoop, the Netherlands in 1967 |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Coral Beauty Cotoneaster. Pink Beauty Cotoneaster, Bearberry Cotoneaster |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #156-San Marcos Growers website (www.smgrowers.com), #173-Cotoneaster(Jeanette Fryer, Bertil Hylmo) |
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