Bearberry cotoneaster Cotoneaster dammeri, 20 cm pot
Seller: ALLIKASILM
About this product
Cotoneaster dammeri (bearberry cotoneaster) is a prostrate evergreen shrub forming a dense mat of glossy green leaves. Small white flowers appear in spring, followed by bright red berries in autumn. Buy Cotoneaster dammeri in Estonia from the ALLIKASILM nursery.
It stays only 10–20 cm tall but spreads 1.5–2.5 m, rooting where the stems touch the ground. It flowers in May–June; the berries ripen in August–September and often last into winter.
Use it to stabilise slopes, in rock gardens, trailing over retaining walls and as ground cover under trees. Bees visit the flowers and birds eat the berries.
Specifications
- Type: prostrate evergreen shrub, ground cover
- Botanical name: Cotoneaster dammeri
- Height and spread: 10–20 cm × 1.5–2.5 m
- Flowering: May–June, white flowers; bright red berries Aug–Sept
- Light: sun to part shade
- Soil: ordinary garden soil, moderately moist, any pH
- Hardiness: RHS H6; overwinters well under snow in Estonia, shoot tips may be damaged in severe snowless winters
- Use: ground cover, slopes, rock gardens, walls
- Size: 20 cm pot
Advice from our agronomist
Planting. Plant from April to October; for ground cover allow 2–3 plants per m². Clear perennial weeds thoroughly before planting — they are hard to pull out of a dense mat later.
Watering and feeding. Water during droughts in the first summer; established plants are drought tolerant. Feed lightly in spring with a shrub fertiliser.
Care. In spring trim frost-damaged tips and branches that have spread too far. The mat can be cut back harder to rejuvenate it.
Gardener's tip. On slopes, peg stems down with soil or wire pins — they root quickly and hold the soil in place.
Codes and attributes
| Size | 20 cm pot |
|---|---|
| Category | Other ornamental shrubs |
Delivery and timing
- Parcel locker — €2.99–3.99, free from 59,00 €
- Courier to the door — €7.99–8.99, free from 99,00 €
- Dispatched within 2 working days