Scientific name: Cotoneaster salicifolius
Common name: willowleaf cotoneaster
Family name: Rosaceae
Useful cultivars and selections:
USDA hardiness zone: 6
Mature height and spread: 4-7m tall and wide
Form: Rounded and arching
Water use: Moderate
Soil requirements: Well-drained
Leaf arrangement: Alternate. Simple.
Fall colour: none
Flower/cone/fruit description: Small, white flowers in corymbs. Red drupe fruit.
Limitations: Bees attracted to flowers. Needs good pruning.
Suitable uses: Hedge, mass plantings. Very tough and adaptable.
Quick ID: Evergreen shrub. Alternate. Simple. Long and linear leaves (has willow-like leaves). Grey, slightly fuzzy underside. Red berry cluster. Deeply impressed veins with rolled under margins.