Streibs Findling bearberry cotoneaster
Cotoneaster dammeri 'Streibs Findling'
USDA zones5 to 8
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Habit
- Creeping
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Streibs Findling' bearberry cotoneaster (Cotoneaster dammeri 'Streibs Findling') is a creeping shrub for 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 average to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. It grows at a rapid rate and is drought tolerant. Deer tend to pass it by. Flowers open in spring and again in summer, and they attract butterflies, bees, and birds.
Pairs well with Japanese forest grass, Karl Foerster feather reed grass, Ornamental onion, and Gaura.