19+ Ivory Halo Variegated Red Twig Dogwood

Prized for its colorful stems variegated foliage and compact size this dwarf dogwood has brilliant red winter stems and showy light green leaves with creamy white margins but at only two thirds the size of many of its species. Its fine texture and compact form makes it useful in smaller areas.

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Ivory halo variegated red twig dogwood

Use it as an exciting edging plant along a path or driveway. This shrub works well as a stand alone plant or it can be installed in a hedge. Ivory halo dogwood shrub is very similar to its cousin the variegated red twig dogwood but it is a dwarf variety.

It is a rapid growing multi stemmed suckering deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 4 6 tall on erect. It grows no more than 6 feet tall and wide and it is ideal as a single plant in a smaller garden or in groups in the middle of beds in larger ones. Ivory halo dogwood is a deciduous shrub with variegated white and green leaves.

This dwarf variegated dogwood has most of the same characteristics as its counterparts but it only grows to a fraction of the size. Hardy to 30 f maximum elevation. The dogwood ivory halo cornus alba bailhalo also known as tatarian dogwood is a cultivar that is noted for its compact size variegated white edged leaves and bright red twigs in winter.

The ivory halo dogwood is a greatly improved version of the older variegated dogwoods with a more compact habit and denser growth. Compact rounded shrub with beautiful variegated foliage in summer and attractive red twigs in winter. This shrub has the red branches for winter interest and a light green leaf edged in creamy white the rest of the year.

This shrub exhibits bright red stems in the winter. Very small white flower clusters bloom in spring followed by white blue berries.

The British Gardener The Tropical Years December 2012