Bearberry Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster dammeri

Bearberry Cotoneaster is a perennial for groundcover, suited to full sun to partial shade and clay, loam, sandy soil or chalk, flowering May, Jun.

Where to use it in a border

At around 30 cm, it sits best along the front edge, where a low, spreading habit reads best. Give it about 150 cm of room to spread. It is hardy across USDA zones 6a to 8b and rated H5 by the RHS, so check it suits your area before planting.

It appears in our lists of full sun, clay soil, sandy soil, chalk soil, evergreen plants, pollinator-friendly plants.

Border Builder uses Bearberry Cotoneaster's height, spread, soil, bloom months and companions to place it in a full border plan for your own conditions, on iPhone and iPad.

Flowering through the year

Worth knowing

• Evergreen, so it keeps the border furnished through winter.
• Not recorded as pet-safe; site it away from pets that graze if that matters to you.
• Its flowers are valued by bees and other pollinators.

Good companions

Plants that share its conditions and style, chosen to complement its place in the border:

• Apple 'Bramley's Seedling'for height behind it
• Apple 'Cox's Orange Pippin'for height behind it
• Bugleto edge in front
• Chinese plumbagofor height behind it
• Climbing rose 'Iceberg'for height behind it
• Crab Apple 'Red Sentinel'for height behind it

Garden styles

Formal Wildlife garden