Cotoneaster tomentosus

Cotoneaster tomentosus is a deciduous shrub in the family Rosaceae, native to the mountains of central and southern Europe, where it grows on rocky slopes, scree and at the margins of montane woodland. It reaches roughly 1-2 metres in height, with arching brown branches and ovate to elliptic leaves 3-6 cm long that are dull green above and densely white-tomentose beneath, giving the plant its specific epithet. Small five-petalled pinkish-white flowers are produced in nodding cymes of three to twelve in late spring and early summer, followed by globose pomes about 8 mm across that ripen bright red and persist into autumn. The species is cultivated occasionally in temperate gardens for its silvery foliage and showy fruit, which is taken by thrushes and other birds.