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, Pubescent, Ovate
Flowers: Cyme, White, Pink, May
Fruit: Pome, Red, Black, Sep-Oct, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Popular hedge plant; leaves ovate to elliptic, dull green, pubescent on both sides early in season, to 5cm long; 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.