This is a wonderful, low-maintenance plant.Ĭut back hard every year for best stem colour – this process is called ‘stooling’ a plant and ensures fresh bright new shoots to optimise winter colour. Dense clusters of white flowers in summer are followed by blue-black fruit in autumn. These are covered by mid-green leaves in spring-summer, which turn red in autumn and ultimately fall. ‘Anny’s Winter Orange’ has bright orange-red stems. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and borders.Ī slightly smaller Cornus variety, C. Flat heads of white flowers in spring are followed by white fruit in autumn. Upright purple-black winter stems have dark green leaves turning reddish-purple in autumn. Low maintenance, easy-to-grow in mixed beds and borders.Ī hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful stems in autumn and winter. Yellow flowers appear in late spring followed by blue berries in summer. The pink, yellow and green variegated leaves are held on bright red stems. Working well in a winter border, Elegantissima’ looks fantastic when planted alongside purple or orange-stemmed varieties of dogwood, or amongst spring flowers and evergreen shrubs.Ī hardy, deciduous shrub grown for its colourful stems in autumn and winter. The shrub thrives in a range of soils, enjoys damper areas and is easy to maintain. Losing its foliage after spring, you can cut them back hard each March for the best show of red stems later in autumn. Through spring the bushy green and white trimmed ornamental leaves add a beautiful addition to the garden.
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Sun Requirements: Full sun to partial shadeĮlegantissima’ is a deciduous shrub and bushy dogwood which produces gorgeous white berries. This is a low-maintenance plant, easy to grow in mixed beds and borders. It produces white flowers in summer, followed by blue-black fruit in autumn.
The stems age to a beautiful deep orange. ‘Midwinter Fire’ produces yellow-orange juvenile shoots with mid-green leaves, turning red in autumn. Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’Ī hardy, deciduous shrub.
These are a selection of our favourites, from our Hampshire Nurseries. There are a great number of varieties of cornus available. If left unpruned, these types of Cornus will reach seven to eight feet high, but the older wood will not have the same intense shades come winter. For the best colour stems, prune back hard each year in early spring to about a foot from the ground. This will encourage new shoots which will grow to around three feet over the course of the spring and summer and give the best autumn colour. There are a number of fantastic varieties of Cornus with stems in tones of red, orange and yellow to bring a shot of colour to the autumn and winter garden. In autumn, the shrubby dogwoods come into their own with striking bright stems as the foliage falls. The flowering dogwoods are stunning in April and May and often take pride of place in Hillier Chelsea exhibits. Cornus, commonly known as the dogwoods, is a wide-ranging genus which includes flowering trees, colourful shrubs and ground cover plants.
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