A very diverse group of plants ranging from low groundcovers to tall fountain-like shrubs, so make sure you get the proper variety to suit your needs. Best performance comes when planted in well-drained soils kept on the dry side, with once to twice-a-week watering. Tiny white flowers in spring are followed by red or black berries in fall. Not bothered by rabbits, squirrels nor deer.
C. acutifolius (Peking Cotoneaster) — 10 ft.
tall by 10 ft. wide; black berries; orange-red fall color
C. apiculatus (Cranberry Cotoneaster) — 3 ft. tall by 6 ft. wide; red berries in August; red fall color; slopes, groundcover or hedge
C. congestus — 3 ft. tall by 3 ft. wide; red berries; evergreen
C. divaricatus (Spreading Cotoneaster) — 6 ft. tall by 6 ft. wide; red berries; red fall color; hedge, screen or slopes
C. horizontalis (Rockspray Cotoneaster) — 3 ft. tall by 15 ft. wide; red berries; orange-red fall color; slopes, groundcover
C. ‘Lowfast’ — 1 ft. tall by 15 ft. wide; red berries; groundcover, bank, fast filler; evergreen
C. microphyllus — evergreen; 3 ft. tall by 6 ft. wide; red berries; dry slopes
C. multiflorus — 10 ft. tall by 8 ft. wide; has showy flower, red fruit
C. salcifolius (Willowleaf Cotoneaster) — 15 ft. tall by 15 ft. wide; red fruit; evergreen