Pandy’s Garden Center Nursery Cranberry Cotoneaster #3

If you need a beautifully reliable plant that covers ground and adds interest in a tough area, try Cranberry Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster apiculatus). You’ll gain so many ornamental features from a durable, rugged little deciduous shrub.

These small plants feature pretty pink flowers in late spring. They’ll slowly transition to showy, small red cranberry-like fruits, which develop in summer and hang well into winter.

It’s covered in very glossy green, round leaves all summer long. Starting in fall, they’ll burnish into beautiful bronze hues of purples and reds to color the end of the season.

Of course, those bright, red berries will make it a standout in your winter landscape! When fruiting, this shrub looks like it’s decorated for the holidays. These fruits add exceptional interest and beauty while attracting local birds that feast on the bright fruit.

Rely on Cranberry Cotoneaster for year-round interest.

Even the informal, spreading form itself delivers a visual impact. Small branches arch up from the crown and then drop down, adding a sense of motion.

As the arching branches touch the ground, they’ll root and slowly spread to reach their mature size. These ground covering small shrubs are easy to grow and maintain.