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, Lanceolate, Entire
Flowers: Corymb, White, Red, May-Jun
Fruit: Pome, Red, Sep-Oct-Nov
Key ID Features:
Large arching, evergreen shrub; leaves long, narrow, willow-like, upper surface dark green with prominent veins which give leaf wrinkled look, lower surface pubescent.