Cotoneaster bullatus
Common name:
Hollyberry Cotoneaster
Pronunciation:
ko-toe-nee-AS-ter bul-LAH-tus
Family:
Rosaceae
Genus:
Type:
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon:
No
- Deciduous shrub, to 12 ft (4 m) tall, spreading and open. Leaves alternate, simple, oval-oblong, elliptic, 3-7 cm long, green and coarse-bullate (impressed veins) above, gray-green and pubescent below. Flowers white with red, very abundant (May-June). Fruit light red, globose, 7-8 mm, in dense clusters, 4-5 seeds per fruit.
- Sun to part shade Often attacked by aphids
- Hardy to USDA Zone 5 Native to western China
- bullatus: with impressed veins on leaves, and/or with blustered, puckered leaves.
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plant habit, spring
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expanding leaves
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leaves
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leaves and developing flowers
