![]() ![]() Total width of each floral display ranges from 3 to 5 inches across. On some cultivated varieties bract color is creamy, pink to nearly red. The small flower clusters are surrounded by four, showy, petal-like bracts that turn white as they expand. Fall color can be a spectacular scarlet to purplish. Summer leaves are bright green above and lighter on the underside. The opposite leaves are simple, oval to ovate, 3 to 6 inches long and half as wide with smooth edges. The lateral branches are somewhat horizontal and form a recognizable feature in the winter landscape. ![]() Young trees tend to be upright to rounded and mature specimens growing up to 50 percent wider than tall. It is listed on the Threatened and Endangered Species List in both Maine and Vermont.įlowering dogwood is a small, showy, deciduous tree. Silky dogwood is not ranked as a plant of conservation concern by the Kentucky State Nature Preserves Commission. The fungus requires high humidity for infection, so trees growing on moist, shady sites are most susceptible. Trees are typically killed in 2 to 3 years. The disease is spreading rapidly throughout the species’ range. Flowering dogwood occurs frequently across Kentucky in dry to wet woods.įlowering dogwood is seriously threatened by dogwood anthracnose which is caused by a fungus. Trees grow in the understory on lower and middle slopes. The common name dogwood is also thought to be from the use of the wood for skewers or “dogs.” Other common names include boxwood and cornel.įlowering dogwood trees can be found from Toronto south to the Gulf Coast and from southern Maine to eastern Texas. ![]() The common name dogwood comes from one colonial description of the fruit as being edible but not fit for a dog. Cornus is from the word cornu which means “horn” and refers to the hard wood florida is from the Latin flos, which means “flower” or “flowery” in reference to the showy flowers.įlowering dogwood is named for the showy spring flowers. ![]()
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