Dogwood Fact Sheet

This behavior creates thickets.

Dogwood fact sheet.

The growth habit is upright rounded but where stems are in contact with the ground roots are formed. There are 30 to 50 species of dogwood that are native to temperate areas of north america and eurasia. Cornus floridal flowering dogwood is a small bushy tree which rarely attains a height of more than 40 feet or a diameter of 12 to 18 inches. Young dogwoods have bright red stems in the fall winter and early spring which turn reddish brown in the summer.

Silky dogwood is a large shrub often 6 10 feet in height. Its flowers which bloom in june or july are white and loosely clustered and its white fruit which appears in september and october is set off by bright red fruit stalks. The leaves are opposite one another and from 3 to 6 inches long. The deeply ridged and broken bark resembles alligator hide.

Dogwood is a type of flowering tree that belongs to the family cornaceae. If carefully treated a mature dogwood tree species such as the flowering dogwood may reach 40 feet in height. The tree displays medium growth averaging between 13 and 24 inches annually. Dogwood can be found in the evergreen forests or on the edges of deciduous forests.

Depending on the species of dogwood you plant you may have a short stout bush or a 25 foot tall tree. Dogwood canker discula destructiva is a fungal disease that causes leaf and twig blights and trunk cankers. It grows on fertile loamy soil in areas that provide enough moisture and shade.