Kousa Dogwood

Description

Wide growing with arching branches. Flower bracts vary from pink to nearly red in some years, depending on the weather. Reddish stems and new growth show best color in full sun. Distinctive flower bracts in June, later by two or more weeks than C. florida. Large, edible, strawberry-shaped red and orange fruit in fall. Scarlet-red foliage in fall. Gray bark on mature trunks and branches exfoliates to reveal a mottled combination of tan, yellowish and brown inner bark. to 30' tall at maturity. Note that intensity of pink color varies with weather, site, and age.