| Scientific Name: | Cotoneaster salicifolius var. floccosus |
| Common Name: | willowleaf 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 3 - 4m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Arching, Upright |
| Form: | Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Fall interest, Filler, Group or mass planting, Screening, Winter interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Heavily veined, Pinnate venation, Glabrous, Lustrous, Rugose, Tomentose, Elliptic, Lanceolate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Corymb, White, Red, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Pome, Red, Sep-Oct-Nov |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Large arching, evergreen shrub; leaves alternate, most narrowly elliptic, 6-13cm long x 2-3cm wide (largest of local cotoneasters), upper surface dark green with prominent veins which give leaf wrinkled look, lower surface pubescent, margin entire and may curl downwards; corymb-like cymes 5-7cm wide, flowers white, 7-9mm wide, May-Jun; pomes 6-8mm wide, orange-red, in pendent clusters.. | |