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Cotoneaster horizontalis
Shrubs and small trees, native to Europe, North Africa and Asia, on the slopes of the Himalayas, in China and Siberia.
Habitus: low shrub. Branches fan out. About 50 cm tall.
Leaf: Round, short-tipped, dark green, lighter in front, red and orange in autumn.
Flower: Flowers are small, numerous, white, slightly pinkish
Fruit: Fruits come in a variety of shades of red, with rare exceptions of black, many species retaining fruit until the following spring.
They do well in any humic soil, but generally like a dry rather than a moist site. They produce abundantly in full sun.
ground covering
Cuttings
C. horizontalis ‘Saxatilis’
Erwinia amylovora