This deciduous shrub is well loved for its unusual \'herringbone\' branching habit. The spreading stems form superb groundcover, and make a particularly eye catching wall shrub it trained onto wires. During May, Cotoneaster horizontalis is speckled with small pink-white flowers which are succeeded by glossy red berries in autumn, attracting plenty of birds to the garden. As colder weather sets in, the oval shaped, dark green leaves turn to beautiful shades of burned orange and red before they fall to reveal a silvery brown framework of branches.