| Scientific Name: | Cotoneaster franchetii |
| Common Name: | Franchet cotoneaster, gray cotoneaster |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Round |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Rock garden, Sheared hedge, Small garden/space, Wildlife food, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Cyme, White, Pink, Jul-Aug |
| Fruit: | Pome, Orange, Red, Dark-red, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Upright arching evergreen shrub; leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate, 2-3.5(-5.5)cm long x 1-2.3cm wide, gray/green above and silver and pubescent below; pomes oblong, orange-red, persist in winter, about 5mm long. | |