Osteomeles schwerinae - Bone Apple Perennials In autumn white berries appear

In autumn white berries appear that last on the shrub well into winter

This ornamental strawberry is a pretty groundcover with an unusual parentage that crosses the garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) with Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum palustre) and then backcrosses with the garden strawberry five times

small white flowers

It is deciduous with deeply cut 5-lobed leaves that are very unmaple-like

Japan and Korea where it occurs in mountain thickets and forests

Osteomeles schwerinae - Bone Apple Perennials In autumn white berries appearA native to China where it can be found in Yunnan and Western Sichuan. It is a dense evergreen shrub with very small dark green leaves. Small white flowers give rise to small dark edible berries. Exceedingly rare in Australia and seldom offered, one for the collectors.