Cotoneaster dammeri
Bearberry cotoneaster
Also known as Cotoneaster humifusus
- Height × spread
- 0.5m × 1.5m
- Position
- Full sun
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Flowers
- Spring
Availability
Generally available in Spring, Summer & Autumn
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About this plant
This is a good plant for covering banks with its neat, glossy, dark green leaves. It is very prostate in its habit and can be used to hang over a wall where it makes an attractive curtain of foliage. The neat leaves are rich green and have a soft sheen. It produces white, pleasant, and mildly ornamental flowers at the end of April and early May. Red fruits follow from August. They are not profusely borne, but add interest dotted amongst the leaves.
- Flower colour
- White
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Red
- Variegated
- No
- Scent
- No
- Shape
- Prostrate
- Height
- 0.5m
- Spread
- 1.5m
- Spread in 10 years
- 1m
- Season of interest
- Spring, Autumn
- Flowers in
- Spring
- Evergreen
- Evergreen
- Garden style
- Rock garden, Mediterranean garden, Gravel garden, Cottage garden
- Sun or shade
- Likes full sun, tolerates part shade, tolerates light shade
- Soil type
- All types
- Soil pH
- All types
- Drainage
- Well drained soil, Dry soil
- Hardiness
- Very cold to -20C (RHS H6)
- Borders & containers
- Borders and containers
- Use for
- Wall cover, Structural, Deer resistant, Bee attraction, Bird attraction
- Walls
- North, South, East, West facing
- Maintenance
- Easycare – low/no maintenance
- Hazards
- No
Spring
Spring - late · Outdoors
Feed young plants with slow release fertiliser
Spread a slow release fertiliser around the base of the plant to the edge of the foliage spread, so that it can feed the roots. It is helpful for this to be applied for several years.
This is a simple way to provide a nutrient boost until the plant becomes well established.
Spring-Autumn · Outdoors
Water in dry periods
Established plants in the ground can cope with 7-10 days of dryness, and shrubs often manage 2 to 3 weeks. Water one section of the garden thoroughly each day rather than a little everywhere. Check plants in pots more often, especially in hot weather.
Spring · Planting
Prune lightly after flowering
Give the plant a light haircut, generally tidying it up and removing any shoots that are wayward or damaged in any way. Dead flowers can be cut off if this is practical - the shrub may have too many, or they may be hard to reach.
Planting & general
Outdoor planting · Planting
Add root growth stimulant to the planting hole
Mycorrhizal fungi helps roots establish quickly, so they absorb water and nutrients more efficiently. It comes as a powder, granule or gel. Add to the planting hole or container, and to the plant's rootball before planting in the hole. For "bareroot" plants use a gel.
Found in
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