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- Cornus florida 'Sunset' (v)
Cornus florida 'Sunset' (v)
flowering dogwood 'Sunset'
'Sunset' is a deciduous, rounded large shrub or small tree with oval, variegatedgreen leavesthat open with a pink margin before aging to form a broad and irregular yellow margin in summerand turning shades of pink, red and purple in autumn. Small, green flowers surrounded by whitish-pink bracts are borne in late spring
- Cornus florida f. rubra 'Spring Song'
Cornus florida f. rubra 'Spring Song'
A deciduous small tree or large shrub with a spreading habit and pointed, oval-shaped, dark green foliage turning to shades of red and purple in the autumn. Small white flowers are surrounded by pink bracts, appear early to mid-summer, followed by strawberry-like pink berries in the autumn
- Cornus florida f. rubra 'Red Giant'
Cornus florida f. rubra 'Red Giant'
flowering dogwood 'Red Giant'
A slow growing, deciduous shrub or small, multistemmed tree, between 4-7m in height. Leaves are oval to ovate and a dull, dark green, turning red and purple in autumn. Adorned at maturity by numerous blooms of average size, each with four wide, pinkish-red, petal-like notched bracts, whiter at the tip and base, surrounding a small cluster of greenish-yellow flowers. Narrow red fruits are borne in late summer.
- Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'
Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'
flowering dogwood 'Cherokee Princess'
A well branched and dense, outward spreading deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 4m in height. Large pointed leaves, rounded at the base, are pale to mid-green, turning coppery-red in autumn. Heavily floriferous, in May, large blooms, 12cm in diameter, of petal-like, snow-white, notched bracts surround a small, loose cluster of yellowish-green flowers. Narrow, red fruits are borne in late summer.
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