Flowering Dogwood White flowers and red fruit
Explore this garden shrub directory, covering colour, use, shape, size of shrubs. This shrub is ideal for those hot South facing (north facing in Southern hemisphere) walls that have long hours of sunshine and relatively high temperatures together with protection
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus Florida
White flowers and red fruit
Spring flowering shrub
This shrub is ideal for those hot South facing (north facing in Southern hemisphere) walls that have long hours of sunshine and relatively high temperatures together with protection
This shrub is called a deciduous shrub. It will lose all its leaves in winter. Deciduous shrubs often turn different colours in autumn just before losing their leaves. A sure sign that winter is around the corner. It's hard to believe that
The shrub is considered hardy but this is a relative term and the degree of hardiness depends upon severity of climate. Seek specific advice if you live in a severe winter area
When fully grown this shrub will reach a height of about 16 feet and spread over an area of about 12 feet
Shrubs of this kind prefer soils with a pH of more than 7 to be seen at their best. Add lime to correct soil conditions for these shrubs (soil is then referred to as alkaline)
Prune out all old wood or woody growth in the shrub. Pruning promotes growth from the point at where the cut is made generally
Plant and grow this shrub for its shape and form