Cornus alba 'Elegantissima'
red-barked dogwood
This shrub is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
- Position: full sun to part shade
- Soil: any moderately fertile soil
- Rate of growth: fast-growing
- Flowering period: May to June
- Hardiness: fully hardy
This deciduous shrub has pretty, grey-green leaves with white margins and produces small, creamy-white flowers in May and June. But it's really grown for the vivid red stems that are revealed when the leaves fall. This lovely dogwood looks stunning planted in groups in damp areas of the garden, beside water, or in a winter border. Best in full sun, it works particularly well with orange or purple-stemmed varieties of dogwood. - Garden care: In March cut the stems back hard to within 5-7cm (2-3in) from the ground and apply a generous 5-7cm (2-3in) mulch of well-rotted garden compost or horse manure around the base of the plant.
Goes well with...
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Cornus alba 'Sibirica'
red-barked dogwood
12 litre pot | 1.0 - 1.25m tall
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Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'
midwinter fire dogwood
9cm pot
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Pachysandra terminalis
Japanese spurge
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Choisya ternata
Mexican orange blossom
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Philadelphus 'Belle Étoile'
mock orange (syn. Philadelphus Belle Etoile)
2 litre pot