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Entire Leaved Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster integrifolius

Also called Rockspray, Fringed Cotoneaster, Tibetan Cotoneaster

Entire Leaved Cotoneaster
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Entire-leaved cotoneaster is a low-growing, spreading evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub grown for its small leaves, white spring flowers and red berry-like fruit. It is hardy and easy to grow in well-drained soil in sun or light shade.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then only in long dry spells; it tolerates drought once rooted.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates poor, rocky or alkaline ground.
Temperature
-20 to 30 °C; hardy in cold winters.
How easy
Easy
Native range
Himalaya to China (Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou) and N. Myanmar
Climate
temperate

About

Cotoneaster integrifolius, the entire-leaved cotoneaster, is a species of Cotoneaster that is a low growing shrub. It has been grown as an ornamental plant in gardens and public rock gardens. It has been introduced to Ireland, but has become naturalised. It produces a red berry-like pome fruit that are an important food source for birds that disperse the seeds in their droppings. They are sometimes grown as a hedge for home security.

Other Cotoneaster plants

Peking cotoneaster · Creeping cotoneaster · Cranberry cotoneaster · Wall Cotoneaster · Small Leaved Cotoneaster · Late Cotoneaster · Spreading cotoneaster · Tree Cotoneaster · Rockspray cotoneaster · Small Leaved Cotoneaster · Silverleaf cotoneaster · Cotoneaster

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cotoneaster integrifolius 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.

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