(Chinese Dogwood, Galilean Chinese Dogwood)

Kousa dogwood is a deciduous small tree with a dense, spreading, horizontal branching habit. This subspecies is more floriferous and native to far eastern Asia and is grown for its creamy, white flower bracts that fade to pink with age. These floral bracts are pointed, surround the real central flowers and appear later in the spring than flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). The knobby, dull red fruit appear by early fall, attracting birds. Fall foliage is is a range from dark pink to red...

(Chinese Dogwood, Kousa Dogwood, Milky Way Dogwood)

The Kousa dogwood, a native of Korea and Japan, is a small, flowering deciduous tree prized for its hardiness, late bloom, resistance to disease and fall color. This selection, ‘Milky Way,’ is notable for its extravagant profusion of white flowers. Like those of other kousa dogwoods the flowers consist of a central cluster of small green true flowers surrounded by four large bracts (petal-like leaves) that are oval with pointed tips. These composite blooms face upward at the tip of curved stems...

(Korean Dogwood, Samaritan® Dogwood)

Kousa dogwood is a deciduous small tree with a dense, spreading, horizontal branching habit. This subspecies is more floriferous and native to far eastern Asia and is grown for its creamy, white flower bracts that fade to pink with age. These floral bracts are pointed, surround the real central flowers and appear later in the spring than flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). The knobby, dull red fruit appear by early fall, attracting birds. Fall foliage is is a range from dark pink to red...

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

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 bear large, rounded blooms in spring, each comprising four to seven large, oval bracts surrounding a cluster of small,...

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

The enormous ivory flowers of 'Colrigo Giant' are absolutely spectacular and the fall color no less alluring when the leaves turn resplendent shades of red and yellow. 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...

(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...

(Redosier Dogwood, Redtwig Dogwood)

Redosier dogwood is a multi-stemmed, large, deciduous shrub with upright branches and a spreading, suckering habit. This hardy North American native is grown for its colorful young stems of light to dark red that turn red-brown as they age. In late spring to early summer it produces many flatted clusters of white flowers followed by small, white, oval fruits that are attractive to birds. In fall, its medium green leaves turn burgundy red.

This shrub grows best in sites with full sun to partial...

(Redtwig Dogwood)

Redosier dogwood is a multi-stemmed, large, deciduous shrub with upright branches and a spreading, suckering habit. A European native, 'Allemans' is grown for its compact habit and colorful young stems of blood red that turn dark red-green as they age. In the early to midsummer it produces many flatted clusters of white flowers followed by small, oval, white fruits that are attractive to birds.

This shrub grows best in sites with full sun to partial shade and fertile, well drained but moist soil....

(Budd's Yellow Redosier Dogwood, Yellowtwig Dogwood)

A selection of a shrubby, suckering dogwood native to eastern North America, ‘Budd’s Yellow’ is prized for the color of its stems, which brighten the garden when the plant is dormant over the winter. 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 cutting back others....