![]() Ultimate height 3m (10ft), Spread 3m (10ft) Best on neutral to acid soil and partial shade Small green flower heads surrounded by four prominent, dark pink bracts in early summer followed by strawberry like red fruit in autumn. Ultimate height 6m (19ft), Spread 5m (16ft)Ī compact, spreading and slow growing deciduous bush with ovate mid-green leaves turning red and purple in autumn. It performs best in a sunny site with fertile, moisture-retentive soil. This broadly conical dogwood is an excellent specimen tree for small gardens. In May, it has showy, white flower bracts, in autumn the mid-green leaves turn brilliant shades of orange, red and purple. This shrub or tree has two seasons of interest, that really earns it’s place in the garden. ![]() Ultimate height 8m (24ft), Spread 4m (12ft) Branches grow in tiers like a wedding cake. Majestic medium sized tree, striking white and green variegated foliage. Ultimate height 7m (22ft), Spread 5m (16ft)Ĭornus controversa Variegata (Wedding Cake Tree) It’s an excellent specimen tree for a small garden or woodland edge, and the leaf colour is best in fertile, well-drained, neutral to acid soil. In autumn the dark green leaves turn crimson-purple, and mature trees produce strawberry-like fruits. Broadly conical in shape, it produces tiny green flowers in June, which are surrounded by showy, creamy-white, petal-like bracts, that fade to lovely shades of pink as they age. This is a really stunning shrub or tree, with two main seasons of interest. Ultimate height 12m (40ft), Spread 12m (40ft)Ĭornus Chinensis (Chinese Flowering Dogwood) Ultimate height 5m (16ft), Spread 6m (19ft).Ī spreading evergreen bush with grey-green leaves up to 12cm long. In summer green true flower clusters, 1.5cm across are formed surrounded by sulphur-white bracts 4-5cm long, followed by pendent strawberry red fruit. Best planted on leafy loam with partial shade. A large shrub with pendulous spreading branches, it has a double period of interest with flowers in early summer and fantastic vivid red autumn foliage colour. Ultimate height 2m (6ft), Spread 2m (6ft)Īn attractive unusual green-pink tinged flowers, made up of four large distinct bracts. Shows off best if cut back in late spring. Selected form of cornus alba with a bright red bark, will grow well on most soils even very wet ones, but not for shallow chalk. (See also Hedging section) Cornus alba Sibirica(Westonbirt Dogwood) Soil requirements vary with the different varieties also, the shrub types are happy on many soil types except for shallow chalk, the flowering types generally need a good deep loam, neutral to acidic soils. Promptly remove any suckers to prevent spread.Cornus consist of over 30 different species, some of them are shrubs with coloured stems that add colour to the winter garden, others such as the flowering varieties from North America, China or Japan are very showy with their coloured bracts, growing up to 15m (49ft), both types can also have variegated leaves.Low maintenance, this plant is deer resistant and generally pest and disease free. ![]() Perfect as a specimen plant, as a hedge or screen, for cottage gardens.A full sun or part shade lover, this plant is best grown in average, medium moisture, well-drained soils.Winner of the Gold Medal award of The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society and of the Cary Award, which recognizes plants that are particularly adequate for New England, offer superior landscape appeal, are winter hardy, and are pest resistant.Edible, they may be used for syrups and preserves.īushy, this small to medium-sized flowering tree sports oval dark green leaves which turn purple in the fall, before shedding to the ground and revealing the rough, rich brown, exfoliating bark. A tough landscape tree of great beauty. The showy blooms are followed by attractive glossy red, cherry-like fruits in midsummer. In late winter to early spring, a profusion of small rounded clusters of tiny, bright yellow flowers open on the naked branches and will persist for several weeks. Remarkably ornamental and adaptable, Cornus mas (Cornelian Cherry) is a deciduous shrub or small tree providing multiseason interest. ![]()
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