| Scientific Name: | Cotoneaster lacteus |
| Common Name: | Parney cotoneaster |
| Family Name: | Rosaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Broadleaf evergreen |
| Mature Size: | 1.3 - 2.0m x 2 - 3m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Dense, Spreading |
| Form: | Round, Weeping |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Group or mass planting, Hedge row, Mixed shrub border, Screening, Winter interest, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Rugose, Tomentose, Elliptic, Obovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Corymb, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Pome, Orange, Red, Jan-Feb-Aug-Sep-Oct-Dec, (Persistent) |
| 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. | |