Stellar Pink Dogwood Tree Care

The pink dogwood is notable for the many pastel flowers that it produces each spring for about two to four weeks.

Stellar pink dogwood tree care. Dogwoods do fine in full sun to. Description care of stellar pink dogwood dogwoods are small understory trees and stellar pink is no exception. Flowering cornus dogwood trees are grown for their showy coloured bracts in late spring and early summer. The stellar pink dogwood grows into a small tree between 15 and 20 feet tall and just as wide.

Growth habit is somewhat upright. Kousa the japanese dogwood. Breeding efforts by dr. Stellar pink dogwood is a beautiful specimen tree.

Hybrid flowering dogwood stellar pink cornus x rutgersensis rutgan cornus stellar pink genus. How to plant care for a pink dogwood tree. Like other dogwoods the pink varieties are very good landscape trees for the rest of the year too with green foliage that turns purplish in fall and reddish berries that draw butterflies and birds. As the dogwood trees are small even when mature these are the perfect choice for those who love gardening but have space problem.

The trees are a cross between c. Large pink blossoms open in the spring attracting butterflies. This beautiful tree is the perfect lawn specimen to grace any garden big or small or. Florida a native of the american southeastern states and c.

Sanguinea are grown for their vivid winter stem colour while shrubby c mas the cornelian cherry is grown for its winter flowers and summer fruits. In fall bright red purple leaves and fruits enhance the beauty of the tree. Pink varieties of flowering dogwood cornus florida such as rubra and prairie pink brighten the garden each spring by filling their branches with. Flowering dogwood cornus florida is a small maryland native tree with white or pink flower bracts in the spring colorful foliage in the fall and berries that support wildlife.

The stellar series blooms slightly later and lacks fruit. When young it is vase shaped but as it matures it takes on a broad pyramidal habit with a flat top and with wide sweeping branches that give a graceful profile to the tree. In fall the leaves turn a fabulous purple red mixture. Elwin orton of rutgers university resulted in the rutgers stellar series dogwoods considered highly resistant to dogwood borer and moderately to highly resistant to dogwood anthracnose.

Growing stellar pink dogwood trees. It is hardy to usda zone 6. It can be expected to grow to 20 25 tall with a similar spread at maturity. The pink blossoms are very delicately colored and bloom so profusely that the tree looks like a pink cloud.

Dogwoods are forest understory trees that grow best in partially shady sites with regular moisture and an. These trees are easy to grow and are admired for their spectacular explosion of flowers that come in red white and pink every spring. This varied group of plants give great garden value. Flowering dogwood cornus florida.

Shrubby cornus alba c. Birds are also attracted to this spectacular tree.