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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
FLOWERING DOGWOODS
CORNUS kousa 'Satomi'
deep pink bracts. Leaves turn deep purplish-red in autumn
CORNUS kousa 'Scarlet Fire'
large pink bracts
CORNUS kousa var chinensis
white flushed pink
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
CORNUS mas
small yellow flowers on naked twigs in February
CORNUS mas 'Aurea'
leaves suffused a delicate yellow especially in spring, fading later
CORNUS mas 'Variegata'
conspicuous white margined leaves. An excellent variegated small tree
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
CORNUS nuttallii 'Ascona'
orange, red or purple foliage in autumn. Large white bracts sometimes flushed pink
CORNUS officinalis
attractive peeling brown bark and slightly fragrant yellow flowers on naked twigs in FEB. Red fruits and rich autumn tints
CORNUS 'Ormonde'
large white bracts, similar to Eddie's White Wonder.
CORNUS pumila
dwarf, slow-growing dogwoood. New leaves are crimson contrasting with the green of older leaves. White flowers followed by black fruits
CORNUS x rutgersensis 'Stellar Pink'
rounded soft pink and overlapping bracts
CORNUS 'Venus'
hybrid between C.nutallii and C.kousa var. chinensis. exceptionally large and freely produced white bracted flowerheads. Perhaps the most outstanding plant on our Chelsea stands since 2022