(koe-toe-nee-AS-ter hor-i-zon-TAY-lis)
Rock Cotoneaster
It is a broadleaf, deciduous, perennial shrub. Medium growth. Gets 2-3ft. tall and 6-8ft. wide. Likes sun. Hardy to 0 degrees. May have scale problems and is susceptible to fire blight and oak root fungus.
Genus of more than 200 species of deciduous, semi-evergreen, or evergreen shrubs and trees from woodland and rocky areas in N. temperate regions of Europe, Asia, and N. Africa.
Spreading, deciduous shrub with branches forming a herringbone pattern. Rounded to broadly elliptic, glossy, dark green leaves that turn red in autumn. In late spring, bears pink-tinged white flowers singly or in pairs. Produces bright red spherical fruit.
USDA zones 5-7
Sunset Western zones A3; 2b-11, 14-24