bearberry cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size12 inches tall4 to 6 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Creeping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- White
- Foliage color
- Gray/silver, green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay, chalk
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Bearberry cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri) is a creeping evergreen shrub for ground cover, rock gardens, borders, and foundation plantings. It is hardy to USDA zone 5, or down to -20°F (-29°C). This plant likes full or part sun and dry to moist soil of most types. White flowers attract bees and butterflies, and birds visit the plant too. It is not a favorite of deer, though hungry deer will eat almost anything. It grows rapidly and stays about 12 inches tall.
Pairs well with Prairie dropseed, Bush honeysuckle, and Ornamental onion.
Native range
Tibet to Central China.