Dunbar Dogwood

Growth habit

Tree

Perennation

Long-lived polycarpic perennial

Location

Houston and Grossman Ponds

Source of plant

Arnold Arboretum

Description

Small tree, reaching 20' in height; bark ash-gray; leaves with silvery hairs; flowers white, borne in tightly packed corymbs in late June and early July, continuing to flower sporadically into October; fruits blue-black contrasting nicely with the reddish pedicels and inflorescence branches. Named ffor JohnDunbar, Assistant and then Superitendent of Rochester Parks (1891-1925).

USDA Hardiness Zone

5