CORNUS SANGUINEA

dogwood

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CORNUS SANGUINEA

dogwood

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  • Maintenance advice : Remove old, less colourful branches at the end of winter. To ensure flowering, prune every 2-3 years.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Europe
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 4 m
  • Width at 10 years : 3 m
  • Growth : Fast
  • Fragrance : Yes
  • Exposure : Indifferent
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : bushy
  • Colour of leaves : Green
  • Colour of flowers : Cream white
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Country hedge
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Very hardy, tolerent and indigenous shrubs. It grows well in both dry and moist soils and appreciates chalky soils. It holds slopes and banks thanks to its stoloniferous roots. Resistant to heat, shade, pollution and wind. Its dark green elliptical leaves of 5 to 12 cm longs turns bordeaux red in autumn. Its branches have a purple red colour. The crown of the shrub has white flowers that are perfumed in May and followed by very bitter and purplish-black fruits.