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About Cotoneaster franchetii (Cranberry)

Cotoneaster franchetii - Perennial plant. Commonly called gray cotoneaster or orange cotoneaster, is an evergreen to semi-evergreen shrub that typically grows to 10' tall with cane-like upright-arching branches. Deeply veined elliptic to oval leaves (to 1 1/2" long) are glossy gray-green above with a white felty pubescence beneath. Some leaves turn yellow with reddish streaks in fall. Tiny pink and white 5-petaled flowers (each to 1/3" diameter) bloom in early summer (July) along the branches in 5-15 flowered corymbs. Flowers give way to rounded, long-lasting, red-orange berries (1/4" pomes) which ripen in September and October, with some berries persisting on the bush through winter. Family: Rosaceae