Peking Cotoneaster

Looking for a great hedging solution to give structure to your landscape? How do you feel about pretty, shiny dark green foliage and sweet pink flowers that cover every stem in spring? Would you like your hedge to be easy care?

How about feeding local butterflies and songbirds with zero extra effort on your part? If all that sounds good, you'll definitely want this variety on your shortlist.

The Peking Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster acutifolius var. lucidus) is a deciduous shrub with slender, upright, spreading branches. When young, they hold their branches straight, tidy and upright, but will eventually grow into a lovely round shape in open areas with full sun.

Now, don't be fooled! The handsome, shiny green foliage may have you thinking this is a Holly from a distance. But this plant is hardy way down to -40 below zero!

It is such a cold hardy shrub, that in Canada and Alaska, they actually espalier the plants on walls, or train them into many different forms. These hedging plants can take extreme weather!

Not only does the Peking Cotoneaster (pronounced "Koh toh knee aster") have beautiful foliage, but they have apple blossom-like pink flowers and buds that open and to showcase white petals. The flowers are borne in mid-spring and will attract butterflies.

Following the flowers, the plants develop small black berries that persist into winter or until the birds eat them. They are appreciated by songbirds through the winter.

You'll really love Peking Cotoneaster's sexy, shiny, deep green leaves. They provide a ton of style during the growing season. And then? As a final finale, you'll adore the fantastic scarlet, orange and sometimes purplish fall color to help celebrate the close of the season.

We regularly sell out of this magnificent plant. Order now to snap yours up!

How to Use Peking Cotoneaster in the Landscape

This is a classic plant for an informal hedge that flowers, has fruit, and incredible fall color. Use it to mark the edges of your property in a really attractive way.

They make fantastic screening plants because they hold their beautiful foliage right to the ground.

Use them in formal settings, too. They can be trimmed as a sheared hedge for a decidedly modern take on classical garden design.

Peking Cotoneaster makes a perfect backdrop to your perennial or mixed border, too.

#ProPlantTips for Care

The beauty of this deciduous shrub is how simple it is to grow. It requires one simple request - well drained soil. Water cannot stand where you plant this shrub, as the root system needs air.

Raise up the planting soil by several inches with native soil, if needed. Give it well-drained soil and it will perform like a trouper. Cotoneasters do well in partial shade to full sunlight.

Order this wonderful selection today, but be sure to order enough for your entire project. We sell out of this plant!