Botanical Name: Cornus sericea
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Common Name: Redtwig or Red osier Dogwood  
Plant photo of: Cornus sericea
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

6-12'

 

Flower Color

White

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Green, Light Green

 

Bark Color

Red

 

Fruit Color

White

 

Fruit Season

Winter, Fall

Information by: Stephanie Duer
Photographer: Elkhorn Nursery
  • Description

  • Notes

Red osier dogwood is a deciduous shrub that adds needed color to the winter landscape. Upright to rounded form, growing 6 to 9 feet tall and wide, its new wood is bright red, creating a fabulous accent any time of year. Leaves are a medium green, turning a reddish purple in fall. Creamy white flowers occur in spring and contrast attractively with burgundy colored young twigs. Flowers are followed by white fruit. Attracts birds and butterflies. A good choice in a landscape that borders one of our riparian corridors...there are some planted at the 900 South Wetland.