Cornus Florida
By Lou Paun
Cornus florida
Common name: Flowering dogwood ...
Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess'
Eastern Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood, Eastern Flowering Dogwood ...
Cornus florida Cornaceae
Flowering Dogwood KOR-nus FLOR-i-da
Deciduous tree/shrub, 20-25 ft (6-7.6 m) tall, low branching, spreading horizontal. Leaves opposite, simple, 7.5-15 cm long, oval or ovate, 6-7 vein pairs.
Cornus florida × Cornus kousa (syn. Cornus × rutgersensis) Cornaceae
Hybrid Flowering Dogwood KOR-nus FLOR-i-da KOR-nus KOO-sa ...
USDAFS Silvics of North America - USDAFS Additional Silvics - Landowner Factsheet - USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Cornus florida is native to North America. Range may be expanded by planting.
Cornus florida 'Rainbow'
- Common white dogwood, Flowering dogwood
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Cornus florida. FLOWERING DOGWOOD. Eastern US into Mexico
Cornus nuttallii. PACIFIC DOGWOOD. Pacific Coast
CORNACEAE (Dogwood family) ...
#33 Cornus florida
Common Names: dogwood, flowering dogwood
Family: Cornaceae (dogwood Family)
Wallpaper Gallery (20 images) ...
Cornus Florida ‘Cherokee Chief'
In eastern USA, the native eastern dogwood and its varieties are considered some of the best ornamental trees and, seeing them flowering in gardens and woods there in May, no one could disagree. C.
Cornus florida group hybrids
The most successful crosses between C. kousa and C. florida are the results of work started by Elwin Orton at Rutgers University in New Jersey in the 1960s; seven Stellar Series hybrids have since been released.
Cornus florida 'Cherokee Princess' : Cherokee Princess Flowering Dogwood - Foliage
Cornus florida 'Kingville Gold' : Kingville Gold Flowering Dogwood - Foliage
Cornus florida 'Welchii' : Welch's Flowering Dogwood - Whole Plant ...
Cornus florida
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Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Cornus florida Rubrum
Cornus canadensis is a creeping form of Dogwood, rarely reaching more than 15cm high. Other flowering dogwoods can reach up to 15 metres in height.
False Box - Cornus florida
Boxelder - Acer negundo
Boxwood - Buxus, Cornus florida
False Boxwood - Cornus florida ...
Cornus florida 'rubra'
General Notes
Needs ample water. Has Fragrant Flower.
Flowering Dogwood
(Cornus florida L.)
LEAVES: Opposite, simple, 3"-5" long; clustered toward tips of twigs; margins smooth or wavy; veins prominent and curved like a bow. Foliage bright red in autumn.
Clethra alnifolia Summersweet Clethra Clethra alnifolia 'Rosea' Pink Summersweet Cornus alba Tatarian Dogwood Cornus alba 'Argenteo-marginata' Variegated Tatarian Dogwood (syn. 'Elegantissima') Cornus alba 'Sibirica' Siberian Dogwood Cornus florida ...
Flowering dogwood (Cornus kousa, Cornus florida)
Flowering maple (Abutilon species)
Flowering quince (Chaenomeles speciosa)
Flowering tobacco, jasmine tobacco (Nicotiana alata)
Forget-me-not (Myosotis species)
Forsythia (Forsythia species) ...
The most common dogwood, Cornus florida, is a flowering tree that grows 20 to 40 feet tall and wide at maturity. Flower colors include pink, red, rose, and white, depending on the variety.
Eastern Dogwood (Cornus florida)
Ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba)
American White Elm (Ulmus americana)
Honey Locust (Gleditsia triacanthos f. inermis)
Silk Tree (Albizia Julibrissin)
Pindrow Fir (Abies Pindrow) ...
Cornus - The first of these is flowering dogwood, the wonderful native North American Cornus florida and its cultivars.
Do you remember the Cornus florida x kousa hybrid dogwoods from Elwin Orton's breeding program at Rutgers? They were patented with the cultivar names of C. 'Stellar Pink' PP7207, C. 'Galaxy' PP7204, C. 'Aurora' PP7205, C. 'Constellation' PP7210, C.
Eastern Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
American Holly (Ilex opaca)
Cranberry Cotoneaster (Cotoneaster apiculatus)
Foster Holly (Ilex x attenuata 'Fosteri')
Nellie Stevens Holly (Ilex x 'Nellie R. Stevens')
* Amur Privet (Ligustrum amurense) ...
Amur Honeysuckle (Lonicera maacki) Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbrella) Firethorn (Pyracantha) Holly (Ilex spp.) Dogwood (Cornus florida) Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum) Redosier Dogwood (Cornus Sumac (Rhus spp.) Stolonifera) Mountain Ash (Sorbus spp.) ...
The flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is the species most people think of when the word dogwood is mentioned.
The etymology of the word dogwood, for our native Cornus florida, is not completely clear. One possibility is that it comes from the Middle English word "dag" that referred to a wooden spit made from a shrubby dogwood native to England.
Acer saccaharum, Amelanchier arborea, Cornus florida, Fagus grandifolia, Fraxinus americana, Hamamelis virginiana, Onoclea sensibilis, Parthenocissus quinquefolia, Polygonatum pubescens, Quercus rubra.
Medicinal uses: ...
David Douglas first discovered Cornus nuttallii, but thought it was an Eastern native, Cornus florida. Scientist Thomas Nuttall looked at it and realized it was a new species. Later, John James Audubon named the species in Nuttall's honor.
In infects and kills the leaves and young shoots of some North American Cornus species (dogwoods). Cornus florida is particularly susceptible, Cornus nutallii and Cornus kousa may also be attacked. Native UK Cornus species appear unaffected.
A few examples include serviceberry (Amelanchier arborea), redbud (Cercis canadensis), flowering dogwood (Cornus florida), river birch (Betula nigra), fringe tree (Chionanthus virginicus), American holly (Ilex opaca), ...
one of the most distinctive features of the species
mature bark develops a deep, blocky pattern
dark gray or brown; almost black at times
looks much like alligator hide
similar in appearance to old Cornus florida bark, but more dramatic ...
Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood, Family: Cornaceae)
Cornus mas (Cornelian cherry dogwood, Family: Cornaceae)
Cornutia grandifolia (Tropical lilac, African lilac, Jamaican lilac, Family: Verbenaceae) ...
 See also: Cornus, Dogwood, Green, Pink, Flowering dogwood
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