Description
C. florida – Flowering Dogwood – This slow growing, conical, single, somewhat crooked trunk, deciduous tree or shrub from Eastern North America grows 20-30′ feet tall and 25′ feet wide.It produces broadly oval to ovate, pointed, often slightly twisted or curled, dark green leaves with paler undersides, to 6″ long, which turn orange-yellow or red and purple in autumn.In mid spring it bears green flowers, tipped with yellow, are borne in flowerheads, to ½” across, surrounded by 4 obovate, white to pink bracts, to 2″ long, followed by clusters of usually 3 or 4 bright red, oval fruit.Popular for its beauty and reliability.
‘Cloud Nine’
– has large, overlapping white bracts, 2 ½” long, it flowers freely, even
when young
Grow in full sun or very light
shade, in neutral to acidic soil that’s rich, fertile, well drained soil,
though some of the multi stemmed shrub species will grow well in boggy ground.
zones 5-8
