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CORNUS
Commonly known as Cornel, Dogwood
Genus of about 60 species of mainly deciduous shrubs and small trees from grasslands, thickets, woodland, rocky slopes and swamps mainly in northern temperate areas.
Tthe species have been used as food and medicine and in manufacture of small implements and cutting boards. The wood is beautiful, fine-grained and hard.
The "dogwood' name might have come from the "dags" (daggers, skewers and arrows) made from the slender stems. Fruits were known as "dogberries".
Two species are represented in the UK. C. mas is a widely found introduction, C sanguinea a native extending particularly on chalk as far north as the Midlands.
Further Reading....
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Deciduous - shrubs or small trees. A few woody-based perennials. Grown for their showy bracts, elegant habit, fruits and colourful autumn leaves.
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Ground cover - These plants are typically low growing and spread quickly to inhibit weed growth on areas of bare soil
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Medium shrub - Typically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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Additional Features - Place of origin - northern temperate areas.
Cornus - Growing Guide
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CORNUS canadensis >
Commonly known as: Bunchberry, Creeping dogwood.
attractive ground cover with a profusion of white flower bracts
CORNUS alba >
Commonly known as: Red-barked dogwood.
Green leaved dogwood which is happiest in wet or boggy conditions, red bark in winter
CORNUS alba 'Aurea' >
Commonly known as: Golden dogwood.
Leaves greenish-yellow turning golden yellow in autumn, red stems
CORNUS alba 'Elegantissima' >
Commonly known as: Silver variegated dogwood.
Margined and mottled white
CORNUS amomum 'Blue Cloud' >
Commonly known as: Dogwood.
Purple stems give good winter colour. Blue berries in late summer-autumn
CORNUS sanguinea >
Commonly known as: Common dogwood, Dogberry.
greenish with red flushed stems and purple autumn colour
CORNUS sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire' >
Commonly known as: Common dogwood, Dogberry.
Branches orange-yellow and red in winter, an attractive new cultivar
CORNUS stolonifera 'Flaviramea' >
Commonly known as: Yellow-stemmed dogwood.
Yellow stemmed dogwood which makes an excellent bog plant
CORNUS alternifolia 'Argentea' >
Commonly known as: Green osier, Pagoda dogwood.
One of the very best silver variegated shrubs which is sadly slow growing and difficult to propagate
CORNUS capitata >
Commonly known as: Bentham's cornel, Himalayan dogwood.
Greenish-white flowers red strawberry fruit
CORNUS controversa >
Commonly known as: Giant dogwood, Wedding cake tree.
Cream flowers, black fruits and rich purple-red autumn colour
CORNUS controversa 'Gosia' >
Commonly known as: Giant dogwood, Wedding cake tree.
Tiered branches and leaves variegated yellow tinged with pink
CORNUS controversa 'Variegata' >
Commonly known as: Giant dogwood, Wedding cake tree.
Striking and very scarce slow growing variegated form with horizontal branching
CORNUS 'Eddie's White Wonder' >
Commonly known as: Dogwood.
RHS Plant of the Decade 1963 - 1972. Hardy shrub producing large white bracts, good autumn colour
CORNUS florida >
Commonly known as: American boxwood, Flowering dogwood.
North American flowering dogwood. Each flowerhead is enclosed in 4 white petal-like bracts
CORNUS florida 'Cherokee Brave' >
Commonly known as: American boxwood, Flowering dogwood.
New growth is a burgundy-red turning dark green with age. Flowers are pinkish-red darkening as they mature
CORNUS florida 'Cherokee Chief' >
Commonly known as: American boxwood, Flowering dogwood.
(syn. 'Royal Red') - foliage scarlet-red in spring and autumn, bronzy green in summer. Bracts deep ruby pink.
CORNUS florida 'Cloud Nine' >
Commonly known as: American boxwood, Flowering dogwood.
Large snowy-white bracts. Free-flowering even when young
CORNUS florida 'Daybreak' >
Commonly known as: American boxwood, Flowering dogwood.
A startling new variety, bright green leaves margined in creamy-white. In the autumn the creamy-white parts of the leaves turn pink to deep red
CORNUS florida 'Rainbow' >
Commonly known as: American boxwood, Rainbow dogwood.
Compact shrub with deep green leaves splashed yellow. Autumn colours pass from pink, lavender-blue and finally purple-red
CORNUS florida 'Red Giant' >
Commonly known as: American boxwood, Flowering dogwood.
Large deep pink bracts tipped with white
CORNUS florida subsp. urbiniana >
Commonly known as: Mexican flowering dogwood.
Very unusual showy white bracts clasped at the tips in attractive spirals
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