| Scientific Name: | Cotoneaster horizontalis |
| Common Name: | rockspray cotoneaster |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 4: (-34 to -29 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Herbaceous perennial, Semi-evergreen, Shrub - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 0.7 - 1.3m x 1.0 - 1.5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Horizontal, Spreading |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal |
| Texture: | Medium - fine |
| Landscape Uses: | Attract birds, Erosion control, Espalier, Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Rock garden, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Elliptic, Orbicular, Entire |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, Red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Pome, Orange, Red, Sep-Oct, (Persistent) |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Locally evergreen in mild winters; layered habit with flattened, fishbone branching pattern; leaves alternate, most blades broadly elliptic-obovate, 8-11mm long x 6-8mm wide, purple-red in fall, petiole 2-3mm long; pomes bright red, 6-8mm wide. Winter ID: persistent fruit; lower leaves may still be attached or on ground. | |