Cranberry Cotoneaster
Cotoneaster apiculatus
Rosaceae (Rose Family)
▲▼ mature shrubs
▲ rounded foliage
▲▼fruit
Location on campus: in raised mound bed at southeast corner of lawn area south of Plaster Student Union
Cotoneaster apiculatus: Cranberry Cotoneaster
· leaves deciduous, alternate, simple, orbicular with entire, wavy margins; leaves 1/4-3/4" long and wide; shiny dark green and glabrous above and slightly lighter green below
· stems are reddish purple with slight pubescence when young; gray-brown and rough-textured with age - has a cherry-flavored odor when stems are crushed
· flowers small, pinkish in late spring at the nodes of previous-season=s growth
· fruit is a cranberry-red 1/4-1/3" pome
· grows 3' tall by 3-6' wide with arching branches which create a mound of tangled branches - good as a groundcover or massed shrub
· prefers general cotoneaster culture
· slow to medium growth rate