In the springtime, they dazzle with white bracts and flowers, in the summer they reveal glossy green leaves, in the fall, they grow crimson berries, and in winter their textured bark steals the show.
Despite their elegance, white dogwoods are relatively low-maintenance, making a great specimen or foundation plant for your garden. White dogwoods grow in a pleasing, rounded umbrella shape. Their tiered branches are slightly from their short trunk or several trunks.
In summer, these bracts give way to glossy green leaves. In fall, crimson red berries emerge and the leaves turn a red-purple shade. In winter, the focus is on the textured, silver bark. White dogwood trees grow to be feet tall, with a spread of feet. They grow at a slow-moderate rate of feet per year. USDA Hardiness Zones indicate the swaths of the country where various plants can grow, based on minimum winter temperatures.
White dogwood trees grow in Zones , across most of the country except for very far north and very far south. The best time to plant white dogwoods is in the spring, when the soil is moist and before the tree growth begins.
Choose a planting site that receives dappled shade. Pull any weeds and clear away any debris and turfgrass. Gently tease the roots apart, and place the root ball in the hole. You want it to be slightly above the level of the surrounding soil. Good autumn foliage. Cornus florida 'Cloud 9'- A strong grower with light green foliage, forming a bushy small tree.
Produces large white flowers in spring. This variety can tolerate shade, but can also thrive in full sun, provided it gets enough moisture. Grows 15' - 20' tall and wide. Not all cultivars bloom at exactly the same time.
Some bloom a bit earlier or later and sizes may vary slightly. Berry production may be different also. One variety, Cornus x 'Aurora' - A small tree, growing to approx 18' by 15'.
In spring the plant is covered by masses of velvety white bracts developing pinkish overtones as the flowers age. Third to bloom: Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa , or Japanese Kousa, blooms later than the other Dogwoods and it also gets quite a bit taller. The kousa produces large raspberry-like berries in the fall. It is usually a multi-stemmed tree with excellent disease resistance.
Technically a large deciduous shrub, producing masses of creamy-white flowers in late spring to early summer, followed by strawberry-like fruit in autumn. Pioneers would steep dogwood bark in whiskey, then drink this to treat "the shakes. Dogwood tea, made from the tree's bark, was used as a substitute for quinine during the Civil War. Tea made from dogwood bark was used to induce sweating to break a fever.
In modern times, overuse of flowering dogwood as a cut flower has threatened native stands of the tree. In the Washington, D. Sales dropped to such an extent that many merchants stopped marketing it.
Legend has it that dogwood was once a tall tree, but that changed when it was chosen to make the cross where Jesus Christ was crucified. The legend says the tree was ashamed, and asked Christ to forgive it. Christ commanded that from that moment on, the dogwood would be slender and twisted so that it could no longer be used for a cross.
The tree was designated to bear flowers that were cross-shaped, with a crown of thorns in the middle, and nail prints stained with red at the outer edge of each petal. Of course, flowering dogwood is not native to the area where Christ was crucified. Print fact sheet. The university does not review, control or take responsibility for the contents of those sites. Send mail to cgcass0 uky. This site was last updated on October 29, An Equal Opportunity University.
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