Grow your own hardy ornamental shrubs with these Cotoneaster live cuttings, harvested from well-established Anchorage landscape plantings. Cotoneasters are prized for their graceful branching habit, abundant flowers, attractive berries, and exceptional cold hardiness, making them a popular choice for hedges, wildlife gardens, borders, erosion control, and ornamental landscaping in colder climates. Their dense growth and colorful seasonal berries attract birds, bees, butterflies, and beneficial pollinators while adding year-round visual interest to the landscape. These fresh hardwood or green cuttings are easy to root and ideal for gardeners looking to propagate hardy low-maintenance shrubs at home.

You will receive:
✔️ 10 fresh Cotoneaster cuttings
✔️ Alaska-grown hardy ornamental shrub cuttings
✔️ Hardwood or seasonal green cuttings
✔️ Pollinator-friendly landscape shrub
✔️ Easy-to-root propagation material

Growing Information

• Common Name: Cotoneaster
• Botanical Name: Cotoneaster spp.
• Plant Type: Deciduous or semi-evergreen ornamental shrub
• Growth Stage: Fresh unrooted cuttings
• Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shade
• Soil: Well-draining average garden soil
• Watering: Moderate during rooting and establishment
• Mature Height: Varies by cultivar, typically 3–10 feet
• Growth Habit: Dense spreading shrub
• Special Features: Decorative berries, pollinator friendly, bird friendly
• USDA Zones: Generally hardy in Zones 3–7
• Wildlife Value: Attracts birds, bees, and butterflies
• Container Friendly: Yes during propagation stage

Care Tip

Dip cuttings in rooting hormone and plant in moist high-quality potting soil. Maintain steady humidity and indirect light while roots establish for the best propagation success.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.