28+ Variegated Red Twig Dogwood Shrub

Useful in all seasons. The shrubs actually can provide year round interest.

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Variegated red twig dogwood shrub

Red twig dogwood will brighten your winter landscaping with its bright red branches. White berries are often tinged blue or green. The variegated red twig dogwood cornus alba elegantissima is a deciduous shrub that grows to a height of between 6 and 8 feet tall with a 4 to 6 foot spread.

Variegated leaves attractive berries stunning fall color and showy red stems in winter make this a wonderful shrub for all seasons. Vigorous and adaptable naturally forms a thicket of upright blood red stems. Medium sized deciduous shrub has a thicket of upright blood red stems that are very showy in winter.

Variegated leaves attractive berries stunning fall color and showy red stems in winter make this a wonderful shrub for all seasons. In autumn when the leaves fall the plant is afire with upright flaming red stems adding plenty of interest to the winter garden. 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.

White berries are often tinged blue or green. Gray green leaves have an irregular creamy white margin. The variegated red twig dogwood grows quickly into an upright multi stemmed shrub sprouting from the ground reaching as much as 10 feet tall under ideal conditions but usually growing closer to 5 feet tall in most gardens.

Vigorous and adaptable naturally forms a thicket of upright blood red stems. Namely the bush s red twigs which are brightest from late winter to early spring. With regular hard pruning it can even be kept shorter.

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