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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.
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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DeciduousShrubs 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 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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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
FLOWERING DOGWOODS
CORNUS kousa 'Samaritan'
variegated with creamy-white and green foliage
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS kousa 'Satomi'
deep pink bracts. Leaves turn deep purplish-red in autumn
CORNUS kousa 'Wolf Eyes'
stunning trailing white leaves which are tinged pink when young and unevenly mottled with white and a hint of yellow along the leaf edges
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS kousa var chinensis
white flushed pink
Gift-wrapping available
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS kousa var chinensis 'China Girl'
very large creamy-white bracts in late spring. Red and purple autumn colour and exfoliating bark
CORNUS kousa var chinensis 'Milky Way'
prolific flowerer with white flowers and grey-green leaves turning red in autumn
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS mas
small yellow flowers on naked twigs in February
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS mas 'Aurea'
leaves suffused a delicate yellow especially in spring, fading later
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS mas 'Variegata'
a very rare variegated form with leaves that appear more white than green
CORNUS 'Norman Hadden'
a small spreading tree which is a hybrid between C.capitata and C.kousa. Four taper-pointed creamy-white bracts in June
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS nuttallii 'Ascona'
orange, red or purple foliage in autumn. Large white bracts sometimes flushed pink
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS officinalis
peeling bark and small yellow flowers in late winter
CORNUS pumila
dwarf, slow-growing dogwoood. New leaves are crimson contrasting with the green of older leaves. White flowers followed by black fruits
Gift-wrapping available
CORNUS x rutgersensis 'Stellar Pink'
vigorous grower. The flower heads have overlapping bracts which are a soft pink colour
Gift-wrapping available
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