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CORNUS
Commonly known as Chinese 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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DeciduousOvate, wavy-margined leaves to 8cm (3in) long
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Green
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Shades of pinkAll shades of pink through to Carmine (red)
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HeightTo 6m (20ft)
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SpreadTo 5m (16ft)
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TreeGreen flowers in flower heads to 1cm (½in) across surrounded by white bracts 2.5-5cm (1-2in) long followed by fleshy fruits
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Hardy - cold winterHardy in most places throughout the UK even in severe winters. May not withstand open/exposed sites or central/northern locations. Plant can withstand temperatures down to -15°C (5°F)
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Full sunShelter from strong winds
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Partial shade
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Additional FeaturesPests & DiseasesNonePlace of originGarden origin. Netherlands
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HardinessFully hardy
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Seasonal InterestAutumnSummer
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Soil ConditionsFertile well drained soilHumus-richNeutral to acid soil
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Tree ShapeBroadly conical
- 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
- When is the right time to collect seeds?
- When are seeds actually ripe and ready for collection?
- Magnolia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Lithocarpus Seed Collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Cornus capitata seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Rhododendron seed collecting - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Camellia seed collection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Storing seeds over winter
- Embothrium Collecting and Storing Seeds
- Decaisnea Seed Collection & Potting
- How to plant a tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- How to plant a tree
- Ties - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Restaking fallen young trees - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Fallen old tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Clearing up fallen beech tree - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Spring pruning - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing side shoots - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Pruning and Shaping Magnolia - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Deer protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Weed Spraying - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing Ivy - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing wire protection - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Tree Survey - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Crown uplift - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing shoots below graft - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Removing peeling bark - Video Tip ondemand_video
- Maintaining variegation - Video Tip ondemand_video
to 6m (20ft)
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Buy Varieties of CORNUS
CORNUS canadensis
attractive ground cover with a profusion of white flower bracts
COLOURED STEMMED DOGWOODS
CORNUS alba
green leaved dogwood which is happiest in wet or boggy conditions, red bark in winter
CORNUS alba 'Aurea'
leaves greenish-yellow turning golden yellow in autumn, red stems
CORNUS alba 'Elegantissima'
margined and mottled white
CORNUS alba 'Kesselringii'
brownish black stems
CORNUS alba 'Siberian Pearls'
profuse white berries tinged with blue
CORNUS alba 'Sibirica'
bright red stemmed dogwood
CORNUS alba 'Sibirica Variegata'
silvery white edged leaves
CORNUS alba 'Spaethii'
golden variegated foliage
CORNUS sanguinea
greenish with red flushed stems and purple autumn colour
CORNUS sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'
branches orange-yellow and red in winter, an attractive new cultivar
CORNUS stolonifera 'Flaviramea'
yellow stemmed dogwood which makes an excellent bog plant
FLOWERING DOGWOODS
CORNUS alternifolia 'Argentea'
one of the very best silver variegated shrubs which is sadly slow growing and difficult to propagate
CORNUS capitata
greenish-white flowers red strawberry fruit
CORNUS controversa
cream flowers, black fruits and rich purple-red autumn colour