Cotoneaster simonsii
Common name: 
Simons Cotoneaster
Pronunciation: 
ko-to-nee-AS-ter sie-MONZ-ee-i
Family: 
Rosaceae
Genus: 
Cotoneaster
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub, straggly branched, 5-10 ft (1.5-3 m) high, shoots erect.  Leaves simple, alternate, elliptic to obovate, 1.5-3 cm long, deep green above and light green and somewhat pubescent below.  Flowers white with some pink trace, 8.5 mm diam., grouped 2-5, petals erect.  Fruit to 8 mm, ovoid, scarlet, with 2-5 nutlets.
  • Sun.  Often used as a hedge in England.
  • Hardy to USDA Zone 6      Native to Himalaya, Nepal, India (Khasi Hills)
  • simonsii: after a Mr. Simons who introduced it in 1869
  • Corvallis: east side of 6th Street between Jefferson Ave. and Adams Ave., in a parking lot.
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