| Scientific Name: | Cotoneaster acutifolius |
| Common Name: | Peking cotoneaster |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Spreading, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Espalier, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Sheared hedge, Summer interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Ovate, Ciliate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, May |
| Fruit: | Pome, Red, Black, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Popular hedge plant; leaves ovate to elliptic, most 3-5cm long x 2-3cm wide, dull green, pubescent on both sides early in season; flowers small, 5-petaled, white flowers with tinges of pink bloom in spring; fruit slowly changing from green to red to black by fall, persistent. | |