Cotoneaster microphyllus 'Cooperi'
Object Details
- Description
- This low-growing ground cover needs very little maintenance, is drought tolerant, has delicate flowers in late spring, and eye-catching berries in the late summer to fall.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 10 F
- Bloom Time
- April to June
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- cultivar
- Topic
- Display Gardens
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Display Collection
- On Display
- Arts and Industries Building
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2021-0651A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Common Name
- Littleleaf cotoneaster cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Rosanae
- Order
- Rosales
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Cotoneaster
- Species
- microphyllus
- Life Form
- Evergreen shrub/sub-shrub
- Bloom Characteristics
- White flowers have five petals. .3" (.8 cm) across.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Dark green, shiny, simple leaves
- Fruit Characteristics
- Bright red berries in fall
- Plant Size
- 6" tall x 3' wide (15.25 x 91 cm)
- Structure
- Spreading
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2021-0651A