#cornus

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 19 January 2025

The cut stems of Cornus (dogwood) and Salix (willow) cultivars are used to make decorative containers for a winter display. The wavy stems of Salix matsudana ‘Tortuosa’ (dragon’s claw willow, Peking willow, wiggerly willow) make a dramatic arrangement and are surrounded by a planting of Acorus gramineus 'Variegatus' (variegated slender sweet flag).

Jill Raggett

[vandaliatraveler]

You know it's autumn when . . . you spot the gorgeous white berries of gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa), also referred to as northern swamp dogwood and panicle dogwood. Gray dogwood is one of two local Cornus species (the other being red osier dogwood) with white berries. Gray dogwood is a mounding, suckering shrub found in bottomland forests at lower elevations, especially along streams and riverbanks. Red osier has a similar shrubby stature but prefers higher elevation forests. Silky dogwood is yet another shrubby member of genus Cornus and lives in the same habitat as gray dogwood, but has blue (rather than white) berries.

[appelkueken]

[faguscarolinensis]

Cornus elliptica 'Elsbry' / 'Elsbry' Evergreen Dogwood at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[awakeningthevioletswithin]

All Dogs Are Good Dogs

Watercolor On Cotton Paper

2023, 41"x 30"

Dogwood Blossoms

Kyanite

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Bunchberry Cornus canadensis Cornaceae

Photographs taken on June 20, 2023, at Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Woodview, Ontario, Canada.

[los-plantalones]

kousa dogwood.

[uxbridge]

Summer-fall flowers

[christopherflowers]

Dogwood in the neighborhood on a drizzly May morning

[swamp-boggler]

Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa).

Dover Village Park, OH.

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Saturday 29 March 2025

Just before ‘bud burst’, when the new leaves emerge, it will be time to prune the stems of Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire' (dogwood) to encourage new growth that has the brightest colours for next winter.

Jill Raggett

[haveyougrownthisplant]

[faguscarolinensis]

Cornus kousa / Kousa Dogwood at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[kararadaygum]

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[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Canadian Bunchberry Cornus canadensis Cornaceae

Photograph taken on June 18, 2023, at Purdon Conservation Area, Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada.

[wenbochenphoto]

Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa), 日本四照花。