Divaricate cotoneaster

Cotoneaster divaricatus, the spreading or divaricate cotoneaster, is a deciduous shrub in the rose family (Rosaceae) reaching about 1.8 m tall and spreading to roughly 2.4 m across. It has stiff, widely diverging branches bearing small, glossy, elliptic to obovate dark green leaves that turn red to orange-purple in autumn. Small pink-white flowers appear in late spring along the branches and are followed by abundant bright red, ovoid pomes 5–7 mm in diameter persisting into winter. Native to central and western China, it has been widely planted as an ornamental and informal hedge plant and has naturalised in parts of Canada, the Midwestern United States, central and northern Europe, Kenya and New Zealand, where it is now considered invasive in some regions.