Cornus Kousa
By Lou Paun
Cornus kousa
Common name: Japanese flowering dogwood ...
Cornus kousa chinensis 'Big Apple'
BIG APPLE KOUSA, BIG APPLE DOGWOOD, KOUSA DOGWOOD
Family: Cornaceae
GROWING GUIDE ...
Cornus kousa Cornaceae
Kousa Dogwood, Oriental Dogwood KOR-nus KOO-sa
Deciduous tree/shrub, 15-18 ft (4.5-5.5 m), vase-shaped in youth, strong horizontal lines with age, exfoliating gray, tan and brown bark.
USDA Plants Database - Horticulture
Cornus kousa is planted in the highlighted USDA hardiness zones to the left and is not known to widely escape cultivaton.
Cornus kousa var. chinensis
Genus: Cornus
Species: kousa
Cultivar: var. chinensis ...
#1076 Cornus kousa
Common Names: kousa dogwood, Chinese dogwood
Family: Cornaceae (dogwood Family)
Wallpaper Gallery (4 images) ...
Cornus kousa - white bracts in June. Height 7m (21ft).
Cornus kousa var. chinensis AGM - white bracts in June, but taller than the one mentioned above. Height: 7.5m (23ft).
Small for any soil pH: ...
Cornus kousa
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Hardiness Zones:
1 ...
Cornus kousa, C. florida, C. Canadensis, C. alternifolia, C nuttallii C. controversa, C. mas.
Cornus canadensis
Cornus florida Rubrum ...
Cornus kousa--Kousa Dogwood, Japanese Dogwood
CORNUS INSECTS
CORNUS DISEASES ...
Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa)
Crapemyrtle (Lagerstroemia indica)
* Mimosa (Albizia julibrissin)
Sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum)
Goldenraintree (Koelreuteria paniculata) ...
Cornus kousa
General Notes
Kousa Flowering Dogwood is an unusual flowering accent tree, requiring loose, fertile soil and moderate moisture. It blooms later than Cornus florida, after the leaves are fully developed, and is smaller.
Little Beauty Dogwood [English]: Cornus kousa 'Little Beauty'
Little Beauty Rhododendron [English]: Rhododendron 'Little Beauty'
Little Bee Daylily [English]: Hemerocallis 'Little Bee' ...
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) ...
rubra Pink Flowering Dogwood Cornus kousa Kousa Dogwood Cornus kousa var.
Not to be overlooked is another species, Cornus kousa. Two great selections exist, Cornus kousa Snowboy with spectacular white edged foliage, which looks as though each leaf was hand painted.
Stop 14 - Cornus kousa
Stop 15 - Liquidambar styraciflua
Stop 16 - Prunus 'Okame'
Stop 17 - Sorbus aucuparia
Stop 18 - Abies grandis
Stop 19 - Quercus palustris
Stop 20 - Pinus bungeana
Stop 21 - Pinus densiflora 'Ubraculifera' ...
alba 'Elegantissima', Cornus alba 'Sibirica', Cornus alternifolia, Cornus canadensis, Cornus controversa, Cornus florida, Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief', Cornus florida 'Cherokee Sunset', Cornus florida 'Rubra', Cornus florida rubra, Cornus kousa, ...
Plant of the Week
Chinese Dogwood
Latin: Cornus kousa var. chinensis
We gardeners, with the complicity of Mother Nature, overdo this spring thing. Our gardens begin blooming in March and are riots of color through April and then it all seems to stop.
Cornus kousa - Kousa Dogwood
Franklinia alatamaha - Franklin Tree
Halesia species - Silverbell
Ilex species - Holly
Magnolia virginiana - Sweet Bay
Nyssa sylvatica - Black Gum
Oxydendrum arboreum - Sourwood
Podocarpus macrophyllus - Plum Yew ...
Flowering Dogwood - Cornus florida
Japanese Flowering Dogwood - Cornus kousa
Kousa Dogwood - Cornus kousa
Pacific Dogwood - Cornus nuttallii
Silky Dogwood - Cornus amomum
Swamp Dogwood- Cornus amomum ...
Shrub: 'Milky Way' kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa var. chinensis 'Milky Way')
Zone 4
Photo by Magnus Manske ...
Its flowers are no lovelier than those of certain of its cold-hardy relatives; its fruit display is matched by that of certain Cornus Kousa trees; its lack of fall color is not compensated for by its being evergreen; ...
 See also: Cornus, Dogwood, Green, Cornus florida, Pink
  
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