General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Moderately alkaline (7.9 – 8.4)
Strongly alkaline (8.5 – 9.0)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 11 +4.4 °C (40 °F) to +7.2 °C (50 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 12
Leaves: Deciduous
Malodorous
Needled
Fruit: Edible to birds
Fruiting Time: Spring
Winter
Year Round
Flowers: Nocturnal
Blooms on new wood
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Flower Color: Blue
Lavender
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Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Late summer or early fall
Uses: Dried Flower
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Leaves
Dynamic Accumulator: S (Sulfur)
Mn (Manganese)
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Toxicity: Fruit is poisonous
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Leaf
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Corms
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Suitable for hanging baskets
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic
Conservation status: Near Threatened (NT)
Ploidy: Tetraploid

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Common names
  • Flowering Dogwood
  • Eastern Dogwood
  • False Boxwood
  • Dogwood
  • Indian Arrowwood
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cornus florida
  • Synonym: Cornus florida subsp. urbiniana
  • Synonym: Cornus florida var. urbiniana
  • Synonym: Cornus florida var. florida
Also sold as:
  • Cornus florida var. pringlei
Comments:
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