Cornus sericea

• BOTANICAL NAME: Cornus sericea
• PRONUNCIATION:
• COMMON NAME: Redosier Dogwood
• FAMILY: Cornaceae
• NATIVITY: Newfoundland to Manitoba, south to Virginia
• GROWTH HABIT: Loose broad-spreading, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub with horizontal branches at the base
• SIZE: 7 to 10'
• HARDINESS: Zone 2 - 8.
• CULTURE: moist soils, full sun
• LANDSCAPE USE: Excellent for massing in large areas, along highways, and parks
• FOLIAGE: Opposite, simple, ovate to oblong-lanceolate 2 to 5" long, purple/red fall color
• BUDS: Flower-terminally borne, valvate, hairy, silky-appressed pubescence
• FLOWER: Dull white, flat-topped cymes in late May to early June
• FRUIT: White Drupe
• PROPAGATION: cuttings
• PESTS: twig blight (canker)
• CULTIVARS:
  • 'Flaviramea'
  • 'Kelseyi'
  • 'Silver and Gold' - stem