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Red twig dogwood will brighten your winter landscaping with its blazing red branches. The shrubs also provide four-season interest with beautiful spring blossoms that attract pollinators, variegated leaves during summer, and berries from summer to fall.
Red twig dogwood shrub is most commonly grown for the brightly colored branches that lend winter interest in the landscape. Unlike the more familiar tree dogwoods which develop a single or multi-stemmed trunk, this type of dogwood produces thin twiggy growth from the base that spreads to form dense clumps.
Red twig dogwoods are spectacular bushes with bright red bark, beautiful white flowers, attractive green lance-shaped leaves, and white summer berries that persist until fall. Red-stem dogwood shrubs provide gardens with four-season interest.
The easiest way to get started with a red twig dogwood is to purchase a shrub from a greenhouse or nursery and transplant it into the garden in early spring or fall. I’ll walk you through the process.
What is a red twig dogwood? The red twig dogwood plant, also known as the Cornus sericea is a shrub that truly is at its best during the winter months. The best growing zones for this perennial shrub are 2 through 9. The shrub reaches a height of between 6 and 8 feet.
Also known as red osier dogwood, the red twig dogwood (Cornus sericea) is a native deciduous shrub. It thrives in USDA Zones 3-7, making it an extremely cold tolerant option for thick hedges in northern states. In good growing conditions, these shrubs can easily reach upwards of 10 feet.
Red twig dogwood is grown primarily for the bright stems that add winter color to the landscape. Unlike the more commonly known flowering dogwood trees, this type is a shrub. Red twig dogwood is exceptionally hardy and long-lived, with four-season interest.
Cornus sericea, commonly known as red twig dogwood or red osier dogwood, is an upright-spreading, suckering shrub that typically grows in the absence of pruning to 6-9’ tall with a slightly larger spread.
Learn how to grow and use red twig dogwood shrubs and which varieties of twig dogwood to choose for colorful foliage and stems, from the gardening experts at HGTV.
Perfect for small gardens, Cornus sericea ‘Kelseyi’ (Redtwig Dogwood) is a dwarf, rounded, suckering, deciduous shrub of great ornamental value in the landscape. Fast-growing and adaptable to most soils, including wet soils, it bears a dense foliage of ovate green leaves in spring and summer, creating a nice contrast with the reddish stems.