An excellent plant that holds up better than Cornus florida, its bloom time occurs late May into June, a time the landscape could use some flowering punch! Blooms are long lasting, followed by large red fruit that attracts birds. Showy, reddish-purple fall foliage, good disease and insect resistance.

Flowering dogwood has spreading horizontal branches and distinctive white flowers in spring. The 3″ diameter flower clusters bloom mid-April to mid-May, attracting a number of butterflies and other pollinators. ‘Cloud 9’ flowers profusely and has extra showy, overlapping white bracts. Clusters of glossy red fruit mature in fall and persist into winter when they are eaten by birds. The leaves turn scarlet red in fall.

There is nothing like a Dogwood in bloom to tell you spring is here. ‘Cherokee Princess’ enhances that feeling by producing huge white bracts that are far larger and showier than the species and producing them far earlier in the life of the tree as compared to the species. Like its close relative, ‘Cherokee Princess’ forms a flattened, spreading, globular canopy at maturity with large, deep green leaves that turn a spectacular purplish-red in fall. It also produces the same small, red, berry-like fruit that will see your yard become the most popular stop in the neighborhood for songbirds. Plant ‘Cherokee Princess’ in partial sun (morning sun is best) along the edge of wooded areas.

Hundreds of varieties of Dogwood are available out on the market but few match the simple majesty of the original species. With its globular, spreading canopy and its late April to early May show of pure white bracts, its beauty and essential nature to the eastern landscape is unquestioned. Like all things so beautiful, we have tended to plant it in wrong locations where stress and resulting disease have rendered it less popular than many of the new varieties. White Dogwood will still be an unmatched specimen in a morning sun, afternoon shade spot or along a woodline as hot, beating, full sun takes its toll on this selection that birds love as much as we do with it nesting cover and red fall fruit that is a bird delicacy. The red fruit against the purple fall foliage is a show only slightly less majestic than its spring bloom.

Bunchberry is a low-growing perennial that spreads by rhizomes that creep just under the soil surface. The four white “petals” are actually not part of the flower at all they are white bracts. The actual flowers are greenish and held in the center of the bracts. In late summer clusters of vivid red berries replace the flowers for a second season of interest. Birds such as spruce grouse and warbling vireo eat these berries and help to distribute the seeds. Bunchberry can be found growing throughout the northern half of North America, including most of Canada. It is often found in large colonies in areas of dappled shade or along the woods edge.

An excellent shrubby dogwood form that is one of the best bird attracting plants in the landscape. Very hardy and spreading in nature, this selection tolerates poor, wet soils and works well in group plantings. Flat-topped heads of white flowers appear in June, followed by porcelain-blue-colored fruit that is a bird delicacy.

Elegant structure + unbelievable color = one perfect little tree! Golden Shadows® dogwood is the ideal candidate to grace a spot of honor in your landscape. This pagoda dogwood naturally grows with a distinctive horizontal branching habit, which gives it a strong but not overwhelming presence. Its elegant structure is complemented by a cloak of gloriously variegated leaves – bright yellow with a splotch of emerald green in the center, taking on pink tones on the new growth in cool weather. Spring sees the plant graced with lacy white blooms. Beneath all this beauty lies a tough North American native that can grow in many difficult conditions; Golden Shadows pagoda dogwood is especially noteworthy for its ability to thrive in light shade, its bright foliage bringing color and beauty to otherwise dim sites.

This native tree is hard to find in cultivation but is a true winner for the native landscape because of its ability to thrive in semi-shaded woodland areas and its season to season beauty that other ornamental trees can only envy. Its rounded, somewhat pyramidal head is covered by medium to deep green leaves that whorl around branched providing a backdrop for flattened clustes of small white flowers that bloom from late May into June and fill the woodland with their gentle fragrance. Native insects love the bloom and birds can’t get enough of the profuse fruit that follows in fall that starts green, turns red and matures to black. Yellow to purple-red fall foliage color adds to this plant’s spleandor and completes and outstanding landscape package!

This new introduction from Bylands Nursery in British Columbia has attractive chartreuse foliage and is a compact selection growing 4-5’ tall. It has good sun and heat tolerance, retaining bright leaf color throughout summer without scorching. New leaves are tinged with bronze and the stems have a rich red hue early in the season. Fall foliage becomes a rainbow of purple, red, yellow and orange. In winter the stems turn glossy scarlet red.

Slow growing, compact shrub that reaches maturity at only 4′ tall and wide. Dense green foliage stays a crisp green throughout the summer where a transformation takes place in the fall with maroon foliage and the once green stems turn a fiery red for the winter months. Compact round form means it is easy to grow with minimal pruning needed to keep it looking its best in the landscape. Its outstanding ornamental features, extreme hardiness and easy to grow nature makes it a winner in nearly all landscapes. Little Rebel®is well suited to a wide range of soils and although it is shade tolerant it stays more compact in a sunny location.