Cranberry Cotoneaster

Cranberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster apiculatus

Rosaceae (Rose Family)

▲ ▼ mature shrubs

▲ rounded foliage

▲ ▼fruit

Location on campus: in raised mound bed at southeast corner of lawn area south of Plaster Student Union

Cotoneaster apiculatus: Cranberry Cotoneaster

• leaves deciduous, alternate, simple, orbicular with entire, wavy margins; leaves 1/4-3/4" long and wide; shiny dark green and glabrous above and slightly lighter green below
• stems are reddish purple with slight pubescence when young; gray-brown and rough-textured with age - has a cherry-flavored odor when stems are crushed
• flowers small, pinkish in late spring at the nodes of previous-season's growth
• fruit is a cranberry-red 1/4-1/3" pome
• grows 3' tall by 3-6' wide with arching branches which create a mound of tangled branches - good as a groundcover or massed shrub
• prefers general cotoneaster culture
• slow to medium growth rate