Silky Dogwood
Cornus amomum ssp. obliqua
Cornaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Native to the Finger Lakes Region, Quebec to Kansas
Location
Mundy Wildflower Garden, Houston and Grossman Ponds, Palmer-Kinne Dogwood Collection
Source of plant
Iowa State University , W. J. Beal Botanical Garden, Arnold Arboretum
Description
Very similar to C. amomum; open-growing shrub with branches more olive-green, leaves oval-elliptic to oblong, acuminate, 5-8 cm long, pendulous, dull green above, whitish beneath, the venation downy-pubescent. Flowers white, held in 4-5 cm wide, grayish, shaggy pubescent corymbs in June and July; fruits dull blue.
USDA Hardiness Zone
4
Status
L4|S5|G5