27+ Grey Twig Dogwood

Red twig dogwood will brighten your winter landscaping with its bright red branches. Your gray dogwood has a lot to recommend it.

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Grey twig dogwood

Grey twig dogwood is a deciduous shrub with ornamental features. Plant with companions that need summer water. Gray dogwood can however become aggressive in the landscape.

Gray dogwood is a very adaptable native shrub that is excellent for naturalizing especially in difficult sites such as pond and stream banks. Start by selecting an area with well drained soil and full to partial sun. Generally you won t need to fertilize your grey twig but if you do choose to fertilize.

Water your grey twig once or twice weekly to ensure the soil stays consistently moist. Despite bearing spring blossoms variegated leaves during summer and berries from summer to fall clearly this plant s common name explains the main reason that people grow it. Although its suckering spreading habit makes it impractical for formal plantings it can be incorporated into the shrub border and useful as a mass planting.

Prefers enriched evenly moist well drained soils but highly adaptable. The twigs are grey rather than brown and a lovely contrast to the new growth which begins as red. In fact it is recommended as an alternative to invasive shrubs such as non native honeysuckle.

Gray dogwood is a native plant that is not considered invasive in any part of the u s. The gray dogwood is a forage plant for white tailed deer. Each berry on the grey twig is held by a red stem which continues to shine during.

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