Dogwood Tree Cultivars

In the midwest this is a hardier substitute for the acid loving flowering dogwood.

Dogwood tree cultivars. Cornus florida poinsett grows from 15 to 20 feet tall and can spread up to 30 feet. It was a one woman show and mostly for fun. The most commonly known dogwood cornus florida. Its blooms are white and its leaves grow very densely.

Resistant cultivars may be planted which include c. One cultivar of c. She became enamored of unusual ornamental trees and started planting any weird and wonderful woody plants. It is resistant to anthracnose powdery mildew and other diseases as well as having some drought resistance.

Two outstanding characteristics are the four petaled white flowers that appear above the foliage in june and reddish purple fall color. It s hardy in zones 5a 8a and its white blossoms can appear in early to late spring. Cornus florida is a north american native. The latter two are introduced species that have earned a place in american gardens because they are more disease resistant than native species.

Dogwood tree types of the 17 species of dogwood native to north america the four most common garden types are native flowering dogwoods pacific dogwood cornelian cherry dogwood and kousa dogwoods. Like the other dogwood trees featured in this article the kousa dogwood is known for its toughness. Native to eastern us. Kousa cultivars and some of the c.

This flowering dogwood cultivar grows between 6 and 10 feet tall and can spread up to 12 feet. True flowers are small and greenish yellow surrounded by white or pink bracts which function as flowers. Another small tree that is sure to dazzle visitors year round is the kousa dogwood cornus kousa a native of japan. Many cultivars are available.

Kousa dogwood kousa dogwood is an excellent small specimen tree. One of the most popular of all flowering trees is the flowering dogwood. Whitman farms began in 1980 as an informal nut tree and small fruit adjunct to a large bareroot nursery next door in salem oregon. Also known as chinese dogwood korean dogwood or japanese dogwood the kousa dogwood is a small deciduous tree or multi stemmed shrub.

The species is a 15 to 30 foot tree that blooms with white flowers in april and may but several variations and cultivars offer pink flowers including. With multicolored leaves that appear gold pink and green this is one of the larger varieties of the kousa dogwood reaching about twenty feet in height. It produces an abundant display of yellowish green flowers in spring and pinkish red berries in summer. Dogwoods under drought stress are also more disease susceptible.

However lucile whitman pictured the owner got sidetracked. It produces pink flowers and boasts white margins on its leaves.