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CORNUS (Dogwood)

Dogwood trees are typically grown for their showy spring flowers while dogwood shrubs are mainly grown for their peculiar leaf colors and brilliant winter bark.
CORNUS alba 'Bud's Yellow'

Bud's Yellow Twig Dogwood

Height: 7-15'  Width: ' Zone: 4
A Canadian selection with yellow stems and branches, particularly attractive in winter.  Large green leaves with white margins.  Pale white flowers mid to late spring.  Yellow fall color.  Red stems.  Yellow stems in winter.  Clean summer foliage becomes golden in summer.
#3 container
#5 container
 
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CORNUS alba 'Elegantissima'

Variegated Red Twig Dogwood

Height: 6-8'  Width: 4-6' Zone: 2
Medium sized shrubs with blood red stems in winter.  Showy variegated white and green foliage and white flowers make this a plant with year-round interest.
#3 container
#5 container
 
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CORNUS alba 'Regnzam'

Red Gnome Dogwood

Height: 4-5'  Width: 3-4' Zone: 3
An extremely compact and dense shrub with fine textured branching and very bright red stems.  Green leaves become deep burgundy-red in fall and drop to provide the colorful stem display throughout winter.  Stunning deep burgundy-red fall foliage.
#3 container

 

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CORNUS alba 'Ivory Halo'

Ivory Halo Dogwood

Height: 5-6'  Width: 5-6' Zone: 3
A versatile plant for most landscape applications, 'Ivory Halo' features lovely variegated foliage of creamy-white and green that creates a compact, rounded, full plant with radiant red winter stems.
#3 container
#5 container
#7 container
 
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CORNUS florida 'Cherokee Brave'

Cherokee Brave Dogwood

Height: 15-20'  Width: 10-20' Zone: 5
Vigorous grower, reddish pink (burgundy) flowers with a white center, reported to have resistance to mildew.
6-7'
7-8'
8-10'
2-2½"
2½-3"
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CORNUS florida 'Cherokee Chief'

Cherokee Chief Dogwood

Height: 15-20'  Width: 15-20'' Zone: 5
Flowers rich ruby-red and new growth reddish.  This popular cultivar has a strong central leader and uniform branching.
2-2½"


 

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CORNUS florida 'Cherokee Princess'

White Flowering Dogwood Hybrids

Height: 20-25' Zone: 4
Large white flowers before leafing out in April.  Fall foliage is red to reddish-purple with clusters of small red berries.
6-7'
7-8'
2-2½"
 
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CORNUS florida 'Cloud 9'

Cloud 9 Dogwood

Height: 20-25' Zone: 4
Large white flowers before leafing out in April.  Fall foliage is red to reddish-purple with clusters of small red berries.
7-8'
8-10'

 

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CORNUS florida 'Rubra'

Pink Flowering Dogwood

Height: 15-20'  Width: 15-20' Zone: 5
An excellent native flowering tree with 3-4" flower bracts that bloom pink in April to May before the leaves appear.  Leaves turn red to reddish-purple in fall.  Glossy red fall and winter fruit.  Outstanding specimen or accent.
6-7'
7-8'
8-10'
2-2½"
2½-3"
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CORNUS kousa

Japanese Dogwood

Height: 20-25' Zone: 5
A handsome small specimen tree or large shrub that has a place at every site.  A rounded appearance at maturity maintains horizontal lines. Long lasting white flowers in early summer give way to rounded strawberry-like fruit in fall.
5-6'
6-7'
7-8'
 
8-10'
2-2½"
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CORNUS kousa 'Chinensis'

Chinese Dogwood

Height: 20-25'  Width: 15-20' Zone: 5
Showy ornamental tree has an abundance of large white flower bracts in early summer.  Tiered horizontal branches hold dark green leaves that turn reddish scarlet in fall.  Showy strawberry-like red fruit in fall and winter attracts birds.  Nice specimen.
5-6'
6-7'
7-8'
 
8-10'
2-2½"
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CORNUS mas 'Golden Glory'

Cornelian Cherry

Height: 10-15' Zone: 5
Large scale plant with stiff branches becoming a dense, rounded upright globe if left to grow naturally.  Mature stems develop attractive exfoliating bark.  Notable for its multitudes of tiny yellow flowers in early April.  Drought tolerant and pest resistant.
#15 container

 

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CORNUS 'Rutban'

Aurora Dogwood

Height: 20-25'  Width: 20-25' Zone: 5
Most natural in a woodland setting or as a single focal point accent.  Abundant, large, creamy white flowers cover the entire tree in early spring followed by fiery fall foliage.  Deciduous tree.  Moderate growth.
6-7'
7-8'
 
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CORNUS 'Rutcan'

Constellation Dogwood

Height: 20-25'  Width: 15-20' Zone: 5
Star-like snow white flowers in spring.  Fall color adds a bonus of vivid scarlet.  Vigor plus high disease and borer resistance sets it apart from older varieties.  Deciduous tree.  Moderate growth.
6-7'
2-2½"
2½-3"
 
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CORNUS 'Rutdan'

Celestial Dogwood

Height: 12-15'  Width: 8-12' Zone: 5
Gorgeous creamy white blooms with more rounded petals than other Kousa dogwoods appear in late June on these upright plants with disease-free, deep green foliage.  Mottled multi-colored bark on older plants and burgundy fall color provides added interest.
7-8'
2-2½"
2½-3"
3-3½"
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CORNUS 'Rutgan'

Stellar Pink Dogwood

Height: 15-25' Zone: 5
A group of cross hybrids between florida and kousa, containing some of the best characteristics of both.  Flowers white or pink.
6-7'
7-8'
1¾-2"
2-2½"
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CORNUS sericea 'Baileyi'

Bailey's Red Osier Dogwood

Height: 6-8'  Width: 6-8' Zone: 3
Deep red-stemmed selection of red osier dogwood that has an upright branching pattern, slightly larger bluish white fruits and leaves.  This striking red-stemmed dogwood has medium green foliage with creamy white flowers followed buy blue-black fruits.  Displaying a burgundy colored bark in the winter it is good for hedge use and winter interest.
#3 container
#5 container
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CORNUS sericea 'Flaviramea'

Yellow Twig Dogwood

Height: 6-8'  Width: 6-8' Zone: 3
Bright yellow stems on the younger growth of this many-stemmed bushy shrub are striking during winter.  Creamy white, star-shaped flowers are followed by white fruit.  Excellent in large masses or in the shrub border as a specimen shrub.  Fall foliage is red.
#5 container

 

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