This plant has naturalised well since its introduction from China. It clambers over rocks and up walls growing with a herring bone pattern of branches which is one of the first things you notice about the plant. Like many Cotoneasters it has orange-red fruits. It is a deciduous plant.

Cotoneaster horizontalis has colonised much of England, much of Wales except for the high ground and can also be found in Scotland and Ireland but less frequently.

LHS: Llandulas quarry North Wales 3rd May 2012 RHS: Scalby, North Yorkshire 11th June 2005

Added on October 19th 2005, updated 7th December 2008, updated 20th March 2010, updated Se3 4th May 2010, updated 4th May 2012