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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 Features
Place 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
CORNUS canadensis
attractive ground cover with a profusion of white flower bracts
Gift-wrapping available
COLOURED STEMMED DOGWOODS
CORNUS alba
green leaved dogwood which is happiest in wet or boggy conditions, red bark in winter
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS alba 'Aurea'
leaves greenish-yellow turning golden yellow in autumn, red stems
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS alba 'Elegantissima'
margined and mottled white
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS alba 'Kesselringii'
brownish black stems
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS alba 'Siberian Pearls'
profuse white berries tinged with blue
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS alba 'Sibirica'
bright red stemmed dogwood
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS alba 'Sibirica Variegata'
silvery white edged leaves
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS alba 'Spaethii'
golden variegated foliage
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS sanguinea
greenish with red flushed stems and purple autumn colour
Gift-wrapping available
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
Gift-wrapping available
FLOWERING DOGWOODS
CORNUS alternifolia 'Argentea'
one of the very best silver variegated shrubs which is sadly slow growing and difficult to propagate
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS capitata
greenish-white flowers red strawberry fruit
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS controversa
cream flowers, black fruits and rich purple-red autumn colour
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