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Cornus sericea is a popular ornamental shrub that is often planted for the red coloring of its twigs in the dormant season. The cultivars 'Bud's Yellow', [ 11 ] 'Flaviramea' [ 12 ] with lime green stems, and 'Hedgerows Gold' [ 13 ] (variegated foliage) have gained the Royal Horticultural Society 's Award of Garden Merit (confirmed in 2017).
Cornus mas Cornus florida in spring Cornus drummondii in flower Mature and immature flowers of Cornus canadensis, Bonnechere Provincial Park, Ontario Cornus canadensis fruit Spring budding Cornus is a genus of about 30–60 species [ Note 1 ] of woody plants in the family Cornaceae , commonly known as dogwoods or cornels , which can generally ...
Cornus suecica is a plant of heaths, moorland and mountains, often growing beneath taller species such as heather (Calluna vulgaris). [3] [2] Its range is nearly circumboreal, but it is absent from the continental centres of Asia and North America.
The Cornaceae are a cosmopolitan family of flowering plants in the order Cornales.The family contains approximately 85 species in two genera, [1] Alangium and Cornus.They are mostly trees and shrubs, which may be deciduous or evergreen, although a few species are perennial herbs.
Cornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is a species of flowering tree in the family Cornaceae native to eastern North America and northern Mexico. An endemic population once spanned from southernmost coastal Maine south to northern Florida and west to the Mississippi River. [ 4 ]
By extension, the name was also applied by the colonial European hunters, traders, and settlers to various shrubs of which the bark or leaves are used in the mixture, [3] most often bearberry (Arctostaphylos spp.) [4] and to lesser degree, the medicinal plants red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea), silky cornel (Cornus amomum), Canadian bunchberry ...
Cornus asperifolia, called toughleaf dogwood, is species of Cornus native to the southeastern United States. [2] A shrub or small tree typically 3 to 5 m tall, it has yellow‑white flowers and white fruit.
Cornus controversa (wedding cake tree), syn. Swida controversa, is a species of flowering plant in the dogwood family Cornaceae. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It is native to China, Korea, the Himalayas and Japan. It is a deciduous tree growing to 50 ft (15 m), with multiple tiered branches.