CORNUS officinalis

Japanese cornelian cherry, Japanese cornel

CORNUS officinalis

Japanese cornelian cherry, Japanese cornel

  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut off any dead wood.Tolerates pruning after flowering if you want to maintain it as a shrub. Water abundantly and regularly for the first 2 years.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : China, Japan, Korea : introduced around 1870
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 6 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : tree like
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Yellow
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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Orange-brown scaly bark. Lovely streaked leaves turning orange-red in autumn. Flowering, precocious compared to the Cornus màs, is abundant and quite remarkable. Plant it near a path where it can be seen. Any type of soil even dry and chalky.