27+ Cornus Sericea Or Stolonifera Red Osier Dogwood

The outstanding red winter stem color that gives this plant its name and distinct beauty is only one albeit the most dramatic of its virtues. Cold stream farm supplies red osier dogwood shrubs which are grown as bare root seedlings and transplants and sold both wholesale and retail with no minimum order.

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Cornus sericea or stolonifera red osier dogwood

Cornus is also the latin name for cornelian cherry. Arctic fire red osier dogwood cornus is restricted and cannot be shipped to the state s of fl. Sericea show all show tabs redosier dogwood general information.

It is widely grown as an ornamental plant whose available cultivars have been selected for their winter glowing colors. Redosier dogwood subspecies. Older stems will turn corky and brown.

With the exception of the lower midwest and deep south this species is native to much of north america where it is typically found growing in wet swampy areas wetland margins or along lakes and rivers. The basal stems branch outward toward along the upper portion of each shrub. Genus name comes from the latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood.

It is in fact a plant with four season interest and great wildlife value. The best red color appears on one and two year old stems. Cornus sericea commonly known as red twig dogwood or red osier dogwood is an upright spreading suckering shrub that typically grows in the absence of pruning to 6 9 tall with a slightly larger spread.

Stolonifera swida sericea red osier or red osier dogwood is a species of flowering plant in the family cornaceae native throughout northern and western north america from alaska east to newfoundland south to durango and nuevo león in the west and illinois and virginia in the east. This shrub is 3 9 tall rarely taller developing multiple ascending stems from the ground. Synonymous with and formerly known as cornus stolonifera.

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