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Peking Cotoneaster Seeds
Peking Cotoneaster Seeds
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Peking Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster acutifolius) is an upright, rounded shrub native to Siberia, Mongolia, and China. It tolerates poor soil, drought once established, and urban conditions.
Small white spring flowers tinged with pink are followed by persistent fruit that matures from red to black. It has scarlet fall foliage and dense growth, and is used for hedges and screens.
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Starting this seed
- Cold3 monthsCold stratification
- SowAfter the cold stage
- Seed source
- Montana
- Hardiness
- Zone 4
- Mature size
- 6 to 10 ft tall and wide
How to stratify seed
In the fridge. Put the seed in a bag with a damp medium such as peat moss, vermiculite, sand or coco coir. The medium is only there to hold moisture. Keep the bag in the fridge, above freezing, for the cold period shown, then sow.
Or outside. Sow the seed outdoors in the fall and let winter do the cold period.
The plant these seeds grow into
Growing details
- Native range
- Eastern Asia, from China toward Siberia
- Light
- Full sun to part shade
Cold hardinessZone 4 · Canadian maps for this plant
Zone 4 and warmer
The map shows minimum winter hardiness. Soil, moisture and summer warmth also affect how a plant grows.
About these maps
Climate: Natural Resources Canada, 1991–2020. Provincial distribution: VASCAN via retained botanical research. Province outlines: Natural Earth, public domain.
Open Government Licence – Canada
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