Description:
NAME: White Flowering Dogwood
OTHER COMMON NAMES: White Love Dogwood / American Dogwood /
Florida Dogwood
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Cornus Florida
Southern
COLOR: White Flowers / Red Berries
PLANT SEEDS: Fall
sow seeds or cold stratify
BLOOM TIME: Flowers
March - May
HARVEST: Ornamental Berries Sept / Oct into Winter
HARDINESS ZONE: 5
- 9
PLANT HEIGHT: 15
- 30'
PLANT SPACING: 20
- 30'
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun
- Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 10 Seeds
OTHER: The White Flowering Dogwood is a hugely
popular small ornamental tree native to North America. It is the state tree of
Virginia & Missouri, & the state flower of North Carolina. In spring, 3
- 5" flowers form in clusters before the leaves appear. Blooming for about
a month, bees & butterflies will enjoy visiting for nectar & pollen. By
September, the tree will be covered in ornamental red berries that are loved by
birds & other small animals. The leaves turn a lovely scarlet red in fall
topping its trunk of even interesting rough patterned bark. These trees are
able to tolerate a wide variety of soils including rocky or clay soil, &
water conditions from moist to dry.