Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Lowfast’

Scientific name: Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Lowfast’

Common name: bearberry cotoneaster

Family name: Rosaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:  ‘Coral Beauty’

USDA Hardiness Zone:  5 to 8

Mature height and spread:  Height: 0.75 to 1.00 feet; Spread: 4.00 to 6.00 feet

Form: dense, fast-growing, prostrate ground cover

Water use: Medium

Soil requirements: moist, loamy, sharply-drained soils in full sun to part shade

Leaf arrangement:  Alternate, leathery, elliptic to oblong, mostly evergreen leaves

Flower/cone/fruit description(s): White, 5-petaled, 1/2” diameter flowers with purple anthers bloom singly or in pairs in May-June; red berries (pomes to 1-4” wide)

Limitations:  Susceptible to fireblight, leaf spots and canker. Watch for aphids, cotoneaster webworm and lacebugs.

Suitable uses:  rock gardens or dangle over stone walls. Foundations.

Quick ID description:  alternate, leathery, red berry

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