Dogwood
Cornus macrophylla
Cornaceae
Growth habit
Shrub
Perennation
Long-lived polycarpic perennial
Native distribution
Japan, China, and the Himalayas
Location
Palmer-Kinne Dogwood Collection
Source of plant
Botanic Garden of Smith College
Description
Tall shrub or multi-stemmed tree reaching 15 m in the wild. Branches yellowish or reddish, leaves elliptic-ovate to elliptic-oblong, 10-16 cm long, long-acuminate, dark green and glabrous above, bluish beneath with appressed pubescence, vein pairs 6-8. Flowers yellowish-white, held in rounded,panicle-like cymes, 8-15 cm wide, effective in July and August. Fruits blue-black, globose, 6 mm across.
USDA Hardiness Zone
6