Dogwood Tree Cultivars

Also known as chinese dogwood korean dogwood or japanese dogwood the kousa dogwood is a small deciduous tree or multi stemmed shrub.

Dogwood tree cultivars. The latter two are introduced species that have earned a place in american gardens because they are more disease resistant than native species. Most dogwood varieties also develop very decorative fruit in late summer and autumn. Sanguinea are grown for their vivid winter stem colour while shrubby c mas the cornelian cherry is grown for its winter flowers and summer fruits. Other names for this tree include gray dogwood and panicled dogwood.

Pacific dogwoods have tiny purple green flower clusters surrounded by large white bracts. Leaf buds are black and look like bristles forming on short stalks. Northern swamp dogwood this species is known as cornus racemose. Fall color is purplish to red.

It produces pink flowers and boasts white margins on its leaves. Foliage will turn yellow orange and red in the fall. Flowering dogwood trees cornus florida and cornus kousa have large flower bracts in late spring to early summer that come in shades of white to rich pink. Its blooms are white and its leaves grow very densely.

This varied group of plants give great garden value. Dogwood tree types of the 17 species of dogwood native to north america the four most common garden types are native flowering dogwoods pacific dogwood cornelian cherry dogwood and kousa dogwoods. Dogwood is a small broadleaf shrub typically found growing along woodland edges and in hedgerows of southern england. It is native to eastern north america and is hardy in usda zones 4 to 8.

Shrubby cornus alba c. This white flowering dogwood tree cornus florida can grow up to 33 ft tall and like moist soil that is slightly acidic. Pacific or mountain dogwood cornus nuttallii can be grown as a medium size tree or tall shrub and is the western version of flowering dogwood cornus florida. With multicolored leaves that appear gold pink and green this is one of the larger varieties of the kousa dogwood reaching about twenty feet in height.

Flowering cornus dogwood trees are grown for their showy coloured bracts in late spring and early summer. Choosing growing dogwood. The bark is grey and smooth with shallow ridges which develop with age and its twigs are smooth straight and slim. So there are many reasons to plant a cornus in your garden.

Mature trees can grow to 10m.