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Cotoneaster adpressus
Creeping cotoneaster is a low, spreading deciduous shrub that forms a dense mat up to about 2 metres wide, grown as groundcover. It is easy to grow in most temperate gardens, and its main feature is bright scarlet berries after small white flowers.
Cotoneaster adpressus, commonly known as creeping cotoneaster, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Cotoneaster of the family Rosaceae, native to western China. A prostrate, dense, deciduous shrub growing to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) wide, it has masses of tiny rounded leaves, with white flowers followed by bright scarlet berries. Furthermore, it is cultivated as groundcover in gardens in temperate regions.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cotoneaster adpressus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
