Plant: Celestial - Kousa Dogwood Tree

Dogwood Tree · Cornus x rutgersensis 'Rutdan'

$70.00

Size: 5 gal

Light

Part Shade

Bloom

Spring

Mature size

25 ft tall25 ft wide

More about this plant

A sterile hybrid of flowering and kousa dogwood that carries large white bracts aging to pink in mid to late spring. It forms an upright vase shaped small tree about 15 to 20 feet tall and wide and bears no showy fruit. It is reported resistant to dogwood anthracnose and borers, and suits a lawn specimen or border.

  • Part Shade
  • Grows to 25 ft tall and 25 ft wide
  • Blooms in spring
  • Hardy in USDA zones 5-9
  • Deciduous foliage
  • Native plant

Plant description

A sterile hybrid of flowering and kousa dogwood that carries large white bracts aging to pink in mid to late spring. It forms an upright vase shaped small tree about 15 to 20 feet tall and wide and bears no showy fruit. It is reported resistant to dogwood anthracnose and borers, and suits a lawn specimen or border.

Flowers
Showy rounded bracts, usually four, open white with a hint of green and mature to pink in mid to late spring.
Native range
Hybrid of eastern North American flowering dogwood and Asian kousa dogwood

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