Scientific name: Cotoneaster dammeri ‘Lowfast’

Common name:  lowfast cotoneaster

Family name: Rosaceae

Useful cultivars and selections:

USDA hardiness zone: 5

Mature height and spread: 0.2-0.4m tall, 1.5-2m wide

Form: Creeping

Water use: Moderate

Soil requirements: well-drained

Leaf arrangement: alternate and simple

Fall colour: None.

Flower/cone/fruit description: Solitary flowers (white, 5-petals), red pome fruit.

Limitations: Not neat or tidy. A look people don’t like.

Suitable uses: Erosion control. Ground cover. Great for covering difficult landscape. Grows quickly. Does well with hard pruning.

Quick ID: Evergreen. Shrub. Red branches (very long branches). Elliptic leaves. Alternate. Simple. Leathery. Red pome fruit.