(Mountain Dogwood, Nuttall's Dogwood, Pacific Dogwood)

It's hard to say which is prettier, the six-petaled ivory flowers of this western spring bloomer or its green and gold variegated leaves. Few trees can match the beauty of a mountain dogwood in full bloom. Snowy flowers perch on the spring branches of this medium-sized deciduous tree like butterflies. Native from California up to British Columbia, this understory beauty thrives beneath the canopies of much larger trees, such as coast redwood and Douglas fir.

The tiered, horizontal branches of...

(Mountain Dogwood, Nuttall's Dogwood, Pacific Dogwood)

Three things make 'Monarch' stand out against other mountain dogwoods: it has a wonderful broad conical habit, extra large ivory spring blooms and outstanding purplish red and yellow fall color. The new stems also have a purplish hue.

Few trees can match the beauty of a mountain dogwood in full bloom. Snowy flowers perch on the spring branches of this medium-sized deciduous tree like butterflies. Native from California up to British Columbia, this understory beauty thrives beneath the canopies...

(Japanese Cornelian Cherry)

Japanese cornelian cherry is a late winter flowering shrub that produces tiny clusters of sunny yellow blossoms. After flowering, this eastern Asian native produces berries that slowly turn from green to bright red. Its medium green foliage turns an appealing red-purple in autumn, and its bark is an interesting scaly blend of gray, orange and brown.

This dogwood is not fussy about the soil in which it grows, but should be planted in full to partial sun for best flowering, fruiting and fall-color....

(Japanese Cornelian Cherry)

Japanese cornelian cherry is a late winter flowering shrub with tiny clusters of yellow blossoms. After flowering, this eastern Asian native produces berries that slowly turn from green to bright red. Its medium green foliage turns an appealing red-purple in autumn, and its bark is an interesting scaly blend of gray, orange and brown.

This dogwood is not fussy about the soil in which it grows, but should be planted in full to partial sun for best flowering, fruiting and fall-color. It is best...

(Gray Dogwood, Panicled Dogwood)

A multistemmed shrub that will become a thicket, this deciduous plant is native to southeastern North America from Maine, Ontario and Minnesota south to Nebraska and Georgia. Its gray bark is smooth, but the coral-orange color of its youngest twigs are especially showy.

The elliptical leaves occur in opposite pairs. Each has a pointed tip, colored gray-green to slightly blue-green above and a more whitish green underneath. They line the coral-orange twigs. In late psring small clusters of white...

(Round-leaved Dogwood, Roundleaf Dogwood, Speckled Dogwood)

With reddish twigs, roundleaf dogwood bears tiny white flowers in late spring that later develop into light blue-silvery white berries that are devoured by birds. An upright but rounded deciduous shrub, this dogwood is native to southeastern Canada and the northeastern quarter of the United States in moist woodlands. Its bark is brown but youngest twigs are reddish or green with reddish, warty speckles.

The plump, rounded leaves are medium green but taper to a tip. The arcing, nearly parallel...

(Bloodtwig Dogwood, Winter Flame Dogwood)

Tri-colored winter twigs of gold, orange and red are the highlight of the exceptional bloodtwig dogwood, 'Winter Flame.' New growth is most brightly colored. Vibrant yellow and orange fall foliage color is an added bonus. This moderately compact cultivar was hybridized by noted Cornus breeder, Andre van Nijnatten of Zundert, Netherlands.

Bloodtwig dogwood is European in origin and develops a spreading, suckering habit. In early summer it produces many flattened, rounded clusters of...

(Isanti Redosier Dogwood, Redosier Dogwood)

A selection of a shrubby, suckering dogwood native to eastern North America, ‘Isanti’ is prized for the color of its stems, which glow in the gloom and snow of winter when they are bare. A deciduous shrub, it produces many stems from its base at ground level. Some grow upright, some lean, some trail on the ground and take root, starting a new shrub and producing a thicket in a few years. Some gardeners restrain and shape this dogwood by digging up the rooting stems and suckers. Other gardeners welcome...

(Kelsey's Dwarf Redosier Dogwood, Redosier Dogwood)

A selection of a shrubby, suckering dogwood native to eastern North America, ‘Kelseyi’ is prized for its short stature and the color of its new stems, which glow red in the gloom and snow of winter when they are bare. A deciduous shrub, it produces many stems from its base at ground level, producing a thicket that makes a leafy mound. It spreads by stems that root where they touch the ground and by stems that arise from the roots. Some gardeners restrain and shape this dogwood by digging up the rooting...

(Redosier Dogwood, Silver and Gold Redosier Dogwood)

This selection of a dogwood native to eastern North America, ‘Silver and Gold’ is prized for its yellow stems and its leaves edged by white margins. An upright, deciduous shrub, it produces many stems from its base at ground level, making a thicket shaped as a leafy mound. It spreads by stems that root where they touch the ground and by stems that arise from the roots. One plant some becomes a colony. Some gardeners restrain and shape this dogwood by digging up the rooting stems and suckers. Other...