Dogwood Tree For Sale Melbourne

This is a small bushy evergreen to semi deciduous tree or large shrub growing to around 8 metres in ideal conditions.

Dogwood tree for sale melbourne. Prefers a full sun to part shade position. This is a semi deciduous dogwood tree and with showy creamy white flowers covering gate tree in early summer cornus norman hadden makes a great feature tree. Truly a tree for all seasons. One of a number of species commonly known as dogwoods cornus florida is a native of north america and is a deciduous flowering small tree.

There are several species the most popular being cornus kousa the chinese dogwood and the earlier flowering cornus florida the american dogwood. Added to cart add to. The most reliable time and cost effective way to purchase quality. The entire plant is covered with creamy white bracts and as the flowers fade the bright green leaves emerge.

Cornus or dogwood tree in flower cornus or dogwood plants. This particular tree will usually commence life with a bushy habit it takes time to develop the tiered branching effect. Most of our dogwoods are raised from seed but the fruiting ones are usually grafted. The flowering dogwood trees are classified in the genus cornus.

To see a flowering dogwood cornus florida in full flower is to see a magnificent smaller tree. Although humus rich soil is prefered it is not necessary for the soil to be well drained. Flowers are smallish and surrounded by four large buttery yellow petal like bracts. How to choose flowering dogwood trees.

Its shape is also good as a canopy tree. It also produces red strawberry like fruits. Cornus kousa var chinensis kousa dogwood chinese dogwood. For a more immediate effect you might need to look for cornus contraversa variegata which is a species from china.

This tree will grow in a broad array of soil types in a sunny position. This grow habit gives it the common name of wedding cake tree or silver pagoda dogwood. Flowering season is late spring weeks after the tree. A beautiful small up to 4m deciduous feature tree and is extremely beautiful when in bloom.

This is a cross between cornus louisa and cornus capitata it will lose some foliage in winter however holds on to most. For more information please contact our sales team on 03 9796 8308. This is arguably the world s most beautiful dogwood with a fabulous show of white flowers in spring and magnificent autumn colour. In summer bright red berries follow on and autumn the foliage takes on hues of purple and red.

The two main varieties are the white flowering alba and the red to pink flowering cornus florida rubra. Due to colour dogwood makes a great feature tree for both flowering and foliage accent.