A low growing shrub for ground cover the deciduous cotoneaster adpressus 39little gem39 fills it39s role superbly little gem has a spreading habit with mounds of green foliage so it can be relied upon to offer generous ground cover and will also carpet low walls or even banks that are impractical to manage with planting that needs more attention it39s not just green foliage as cotoneaster brings 3 points of interest through the seasons there are small white flowers in the summer