Littleleaf or Small-leaved Cotoneaster is a low-growing evergreen to a semi-evergreen shrub that spreads wider than tall. It is native to rocky slopes and thickets in the Himalayas. Mature shrubs will be 2-3 feet tall and 6-8 feet wide.

Copper’s Little Leaf Cotoneaster. Cotoneaster microphyllus ‘Cooperi’ is a useful, evergreen, garden plant with stiff, horizontal branches that are covered with small, shiny, dark green leaves. It mounds up and spreads, but remains relatively flat.

Littleleaf Cotoneaster is named for the very small sized evergreen leaves it produces. This is an evergreen groundcover that grows to 2’-3’ in height but can spread to 5’ across. Its growth form is classified as prostrate. Leaves are alternate, simple and dark green. The edges of the leaves turn downward. Small white flowers appear in the spring.

Cooperi is a hardy broadleaf evergreen low-growing shrub that grows to about 6" tall and spreads to around 3' wide. It's nicely mounding tight growth habit makes this plant great for ground cover, slopes, edges and mass planting. The shiny green foliage adorn crimson stems for a nice texture and color combination.

Jan 16, 2021 · With pretty spring flowers, beautiful greenery, fantastic fall colors, and bright red berries, cotoneaster is an easy and reliable performer with great versatility. Different species provide varying architectural forms, making these shrubs wonderfully adaptable throughout the garden and landscape.

Plant database entry for Little-leaf Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster microphyllus 'Cooperi') with 7 images and 34 data details.

Leaves only 1.5 cm , oval, rounded to emarginate at apex, margins tend to curl downward, dark green above and woolly beneath. White flowers (6 mm diam.) solitary, rosy-red fruit crowded along stems. Sun to part shade. Adaptable, needs little or no maintenance. Sometimes known as Rockspray Cotoneaster, a name also applied to C. horizontalis.

Cotoneaster microphyllus, commonly called littleleaf cotoneaster, is a low-growing evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub that typically grows to 2-3’ tall but spreads to as much as 6-8’ wide. It is native to rocks, slopes, thickets and high alpine areas in the Himalayas.

Broadleaf, evergreen, prostrate ground cover, tight habit, mounds to 6 inches (15 cm) high and spreads to 3 ft (0.9 m) wide. The stiff branches are covered with small, shiny, dark green leaves. Small white flowers develop into small red fruits which contrasts with the …

Native of the Himalayas & cold-hardy to Zone 3, the Little-leaf Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster microphyllus) makes a fine low-maintenance small shrub in sun or partial shade. It grows to two feet or thirty inches high.