General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Plant Height: 20 feet
Plant Spread: 20 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fruit: Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Blooms on old wood
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Suitable Locations: Patio/Ornamental/Small Tree
Uses: Flowering Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: P (Phosphorus)
K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem

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Common names
  • Eastern Dogwood
  • Flowering Dogwood
  • Dogwood
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cornus florida
  • Synonym: Cornus florida var. florida

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Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-04-28
maturing tree in bloom
Location: Downingtown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2011-04-28
double white flowers
Comments:
  • Posted by ILPARW (southeast Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on Apr 30, 2020 9:34 AM concerning plant:
    I've only seen one specimen of this double flowering cultivar. That was in the front lawn of an elementary school in this town in southeast Pennsylvania, Zone 6b. It looks nice like a usually smaller specimen of the species. The double white flowers do not have stamen or pistils, so it is a sterile tree that does not bear pollen or fruit.

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