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Eastern Dogwood |
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Flowering Dogwood |
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Dogwood |
| Plant Habit: | Shrub Tree |
| Life cycle: | Perennial |
| Sun Requirements: | Full Sun Full Sun to Partial Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5) |
| Plant Height: | mature at 30 feet |
| Plant Spread: | often wider than tall - to 35 feet spread |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Unusual foliage color Deciduous |
| Fruit: | Showy Edible to birds |
| Flowers: | Showy Other: the white "flowers" are actually bracts surrounding the almost insignificant flowers |
| Flower Color: | White Yellow Other: the true flowers are actually yellow but the showy white bracts are what attracts attention |
| Bloom Size: | 1"-2" |
| Flower Time: | Spring Late spring or early summer |
| Underground structures: | Taproot |
| Uses: | Flowering Tree Will Naturalize |
| Edible Parts: | Fruit |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | P (Phosphorus) K (Potassium) Ca (Calcium) |
| Wildlife Attractant: | Bees Birds |
| Propagation: Seeds: | Suitable for wintersowing |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Cuttings: Stem Cuttings: Tip Cuttings: Cane Other: greenwood cuttings in spring, hardwood cuttings in summer |
| Pollinators: | Various insects |
| Containers: | Not suitable for containers |
May Plants for Honey BeesMay is the month when late spring blooms are going strong and early summer blooms are getting ready to show off. The living is good for honey bees.
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| Posted by SongofJoy (Clarksville, TN - Zone 6b) on Oct 5, 2011 8:29 AM Numerous species of birds feed on the red ripe fruit of Dogwood trees, swallowing the entire berry. The seeds inside the fruit are undamaged and softened in the digestive process. They are then passed in bird droppings to be scattered and "planted" many places. Other animals such as squirrels eat and destroy the seeds from the center of the fruit and leave the surrounding meat of the fruit untouched. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by Sharon (Calvert City, KY - Zone 7a) on Nov 16, 2011 1:24 AM In older times, as the dogwood began to bloom in spring, it signaled to the Native Americans that it was time to plant corn. They used the dogwood tree medicinally too. The bark was simmered in water and the extract was used to relieve sore and aching muscles. They made a tea of the bark to promote sweating, to relieve fevers. At one time during the Civil War, when quinine was not available, tea from the dogwood tree bark was used to treat malaria. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by Mindy03 (Delta KY) on Apr 1, 2012 2:35 PM Honey bees get nectar and pollen from this plant. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by robertduval14 (Mason, New Hampshire - Zone 5b) on Apr 15, 2013 9:44 PM North Carolina and Virginia's state flower. [ Reply to this comment | |
| Posted by Catmint20906 (Maryland - Zone 7a) on Aug 3, 2014 3:23 PM Cornus florida is a larval host plant for the Spring Azure butterfly. [ Reply to this comment | |
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