Besides, they make a great holiday bouquet. The branches cannot be beaten during the winter gloom as well. Great plant for a rain garden in the city. On Dec 7, 2008, Ficurinia from Portland, OR wrote: Benefits from coppicing to create a bushier look Is recovering from the shock of being planted on a clay bank. On Jul 28, 2010, suewylan from North Fork, CA (Zone 7b) wrote: The similar Siberian Redtwig Dogwood has smaller leaves to 4" long, not to 5" long, and does not sucker. The bailey variety does not sucker much, if at all and may have some bluish in the berries and a little hair on the stems. The straight species does ground sucker some. Commonly sold and planted and known by a good number of the general public. Dislikes dry soils and strong drought, but grows in moist or draining wet soils in swamps.
RED TWIG DOGWOOD IN BLOOM FULL
Fast growing and best in full sun so that leaf spot disease and black twig canker are not bad. It gets good reddish fall color, bears white flattish flower clusters in late May-early June that are nice, that later bear white berries loved by birds. Good-looking shrub noted for its smooth red stems during the cold half of the year. On Jan 8, 2014, Rickwebb from Downingtown, PA wrote: This plant is said to grow outdoors in the following regions: Remove fleshy coating on seeds before storing Regional May be a noxious weed or invasive Soil pH requirements:ħ.9 to 8.5 (alkaline) Patent Information:Īllow seedheads to dry on plants remove and collect seeds USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 ☌ (15 ☏) Where to Grow: Average Water Needs Water regularly do not overwater Sun Exposure: