General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Provides winter interest
Edible Parts: Fruit
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees

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Common names
  • Red Twig Dogwood
  • Red-Twig Dogwood
  • Redosier Dogwood
  • Red Osier Dogwood
  • Dogwood

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Location: Swanton Vermont
Date: 2022
Location: Cowell's garden centre, Newcastle UK
Date: 2018-01-13
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2017-11-12
Cornus sericea 'Cardinal' 2014, Red Twigged Dogwood, KORE-nus sur

Date: 2011-02-01
Longwood Gardens with red stems lining the walkway. (Every year i

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Not Cornus sericea 'Cardinal' by Calif_Sue Jun 3, 2019 8:51 PM 0

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