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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.
Grown for their showy bracts, elegant habit, fruits and colourful autumn leaves.
The 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.
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Deciduous
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Evergreen
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Semi-evergreenKeeps some of its foliage all year, and will drop some leaves as well.
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Ground coverThese plants are typically low growing and spread quickly to inhibit weed growth on areas of bare soil
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Medium shrubTypically grow to around 4-6 feet in height
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Tall Shrub
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TreeSmall tree
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Additional FeaturesPlace of originNorthern temperate areas.
- Positioning
- Planting
- Maintenance - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Propagation
- Cornus capitata seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Diseases
- Cornus capitata - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus kousa 'Satomi' - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus kousa ‘Doubloon’ - Video Tip ondemand_video
Buy Varieties of CORNUS
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS canadensis](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_canadensis_1256s.jpg)
CORNUS canadensis
attractive ground cover with a profusion of white flower bracts
COLOURED STEMMED DOGWOODS
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alba](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_alba_1258.jpg)
CORNUS alba
green leaved dogwood which is happiest in wet or boggy conditions, red bark in winter
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alba 'Aurea'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_alba_aurea_1259.jpg)
CORNUS alba 'Aurea'
leaves greenish-yellow turning golden yellow in autumn, red stems
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alba 'Elegantissima'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_alba_elegantissima_1260a.jpg)
CORNUS alba 'Elegantissima'
margined and mottled white
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alba 'Kesselringii'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Cornus_alba_Kesselringii.jpg)
CORNUS alba 'Kesselringii'
brownish black stems
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alba 'Siberian Pearls'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_alba_siberian_pearls_1263.jpg)
CORNUS alba 'Siberian Pearls'
profuse white berries tinged with blue
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alba 'Sibirica'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_alba_sibirica.jpg)
CORNUS alba 'Sibirica'
bright red stemmed dogwood
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alba 'Sibirica Variegata'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_alba_variegata_1266.jpg)
CORNUS alba 'Sibirica Variegata'
silvery white edged leaves
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alba 'Spaethii'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_alba_spaethii_1265_check_number.jpg)
CORNUS alba 'Spaethii'
golden variegated foliage
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS sanguinea](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_sanguinea_1267.jpg)
CORNUS sanguinea
greenish with red flushed stems and purple autumn colour
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_sanguinea_midwinter_fire_1268.jpg)
CORNUS sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'
branches orange-yellow and red in winter, an attractive new cultivar
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS stolonifera 'Flaviramea'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_stolon_flaviramea.jpg)
CORNUS stolonifera 'Flaviramea'
yellow stemmed dogwood which makes an excellent bog plant
FLOWERING DOGWOODS
![Royal Horticultural Society 'Award of Garden Merit' (AGM) AWARD](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/misc/agm_large.png)
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS alternifolia 'Argentea'](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_alternifolia_argentea_1273a.jpg)
CORNUS alternifolia 'Argentea'
one of the very best silver variegated shrubs which is sadly slow growing and difficult to propagate
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS capitata](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/Cornus_capitata.jpg)
CORNUS capitata
greenish-white flowers red strawberry fruit
![© Burncoose Nurseries, all pictures for illustrative purposes only. CORNUS controversa](https://www.burncoose.co.uk/site/img/products/squaremedium/cornus_controversa_2.jpg)
CORNUS controversa
cream flowers, black fruits and rich purple-red autumn colour
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