Coral Beauty Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Coral Beauty'
Outstanding groundcover with dense prostrate branches covered with shiny green foliage. The purple tinge to fall foliage enhances the profusion of coral red berries. Evergreen.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ko-to-ne-AS-ter DAM-er-i |
| Key feature: | Ornamental Berries |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing to 2 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Fall Color, Ornamental Berries, Waterwise |
| Landscape use: | Border |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Late spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 2900 |
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Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: spring after flowering.
Design Ideas
Give this fine groundcover plenty of room to spread. Good on banks and to cover large open areas with a southern exposure. Great addition to a wildlife garden or to add year-round interest.
Companion Plants
Plant with Cranberrybush, Buddleja, Blackberry, and Snowberry as well as other wildlife varieties that attract birds and butterflies. The red berries are complemented by other fall foliage plants with red and purple coloring like Heavenly Bamboo, Fothergilla, Burning Bush, Barberry and Smoke Tree.
History
Cotoneaster is a genus of woody shrubs native to Asia, Europe and North Africa. The dammeri species is native to central China.This plant is also commonly known as Chinese Bearberry because bear and deer like to feed on its berries in winter.
Outstanding groundcover with dense prostrate branches covered with shiny green foliage. The purple tinge to fall foliage enhances the profusion of coral red berries. Evergreen.
Care Information
Follow a regular watering schedule during the first growing season to establish a deep, extensive root system. Feed with a general purpose fertilizer before new growth begins in spring. Pruning time: spring after flowering.
Design Ideas
Give this fine groundcover plenty of room to spread. Good on banks and to cover large open areas with a southern exposure. Great addition to a wildlife garden or to add year-round interest.
Companion Plants
Plant with Cranberrybush, Buddleja, Blackberry, and Snowberry as well as other wildlife varieties that attract birds and butterflies. The red berries are complemented by other fall foliage plants with red and purple coloring like Heavenly Bamboo, Fothergilla, Burning Bush, Barberry and Smoke Tree.
History
Cotoneaster is a genus of woody shrubs native to Asia, Europe and North Africa. The dammeri species is native to central China.This plant is also commonly known as Chinese Bearberry because bear and deer like to feed on its berries in winter.
| Botanical Pronunciation: | ko-to-ne-AS-ter DAM-er-i |
| Key feature: | Ornamental Berries |
| Plant types: | Groundcover, Shrub |
| Deciduous/evergreen: | Evergreen |
| Cold hardiness zones: | 5 - 8 |
| Light needs: | Full sun |
| Water Needs: | Once established, needs only occasional watering. |
| Average landscape size: | Fast growing to 2 ft. tall, 6 ft. wide. |
| Growth rate: | Fast |
| Special features: | Attracts Birds, Deer Resistant, Fall Color, Ornamental Berries, Waterwise |
| Landscape use: | Border |
| Flower color: | White |
| Blooms: | Late spring |
| Foliage color: | Green |
| Item no.: | 2900 |
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