Scientific Name:
Cotoneaster lacteus
Pronunciation:
kuh-toe-nee-ASS-tur lak-TAY-us
Common Name:
Parney cotoneaster
Family Name:
Rosaceae
Plant Type:
Broadleaf evergreen
Key ID Features:
Large, upright, arching, evergreen shrub; new wood is red; leaves 3-7cm long x 2-4cm wide (large for a cotoneaster), alternate, obovate to elliptic stipulate leaves with prominent veins; dark green above, white and tomentose below; corymb-like cymes 6-7cm wide, flowers white, May-Jun; pomes ~4mm wide, orange-red, in pendent clusters.
Habit:
Arching, Dense, Spreading
Form:
Round, Weeping
Texture:
Medium
Mature Height:
1.3 - 2.0m
Mature Spread:
2 - 3m
Growth Rate:
Moderate
Origin:
S.E. Asia / Japan / China (Yunnan, China)
Hardiness Rating:
Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C)
Exposure:
Full sun, Part sun/part shade
Soil/Growing Medium:
Well-drained
Water Use:
Moderate
Landscape Uses:
Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Winter interest, Woodland margin
Additional Info:
Leaf Morphology:
Form:
Simple
Arrangement:
Alternate
Texture/Venation:
Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation
Surfaces:
Lustrous, Rugose, Tomentose
Colour in Summer:
Dark-green, Nearly White, undersurface whitish
Colour in Fall:
Dark-green
Shapes:
Elliptic, Obovate
Apices:
Acute
Bases:
Acute
Margins:
Entire
Additional Info:
stipules
Inflorescence Type:
Corymb
Flower Morphology:
Flowers perfect
Number Of Petals:
5
Corolla Shape:
Rotate/stellate
Ovary Position:
Perigynous
Colour (petals):
Showy, White
Flower Scent:
None
Flower Time at Peak:
May, Jun
Fruit Type:
Pome
Fruit Colour:
Orange, Red
Fruiting Time:
Jan, Feb, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec
Additional Info:
Showy, Persistent, not considered edible
Bark Morphology:
Smooth, Multi-stem trunk
Bark or Stem Colour:
Red, Brown
Propagation:
Seed, Greenwood cuttings
Maintenance:
Low
Pest Susceptibility:
Psyllids, Rust, Scale insects (Deer resistant, Drought tolerant)
