'Red' Dogwood Tree
Cornus florida
Winter Interest! Partial to full sun. (red twigs)
An extremely compact and dense, upright-rounded form with bright red stem color and creamy white spring flowers and deep burgundy-red fall foliage. A very tight branching, compact red-twigged dogwood, with slender, deep green leaves tinged with red which turns crimson red in the fall. Clusters of white flowers bloom in mid-spring and small blue fruits ripen mid to late fall attracting hungry birds. Red dogwood flowering shrubs makes your winter garden attractive to variable butterflies or hummingbirds.
- Light: Sun to Part Sun
- Water: Average
- Role: Thriller
- Height: 15-20 feet
- Spacing: 20 feet