#cornus

[geopsych]

Dogwood

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 30 June 2026

The large creamy-white bracts of Cornus × elwinortonii ‘Venus’ ('Kn30 8'PBR) (dogwood) make an eye arching spring display. This plant is one of the Jersey Star Series developed at Rutgers University, USA, by Dr. Elwin Orton by crossing Cornus nuttallii with Cornus kousa var. chinensis. This hybrid was created in 1983 and released in 2006. It is a vigorous, spreading deciduous tree up to 6m tall and 4m wide.

Jill Raggett

[japanese-plants]

Flowering Dogwood by Takahashi Hiroki (髙橋浩規, 1971-)

[faguscarolinensis]

Cornus officinalis / Japanese Cornel Dogwood at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[uxbridge]

Cornus florida 'Cloud Nine'

[vandaliatraveler]

You know it's autumn when . . . you spot the gorgeous white berries of gray dogwood (Cornus racemosa), also referred to as northern swamp dogwood and panicle dogwood. Gray dogwood is one of two local Cornus species (the other being red osier dogwood) with white berries. Gray dogwood is a mounding, suckering shrub found in bottomland forests at lower elevations, especially along streams and riverbanks. Red osier has a similar shrubby stature but prefers higher elevation forests. Silky dogwood is yet another shrubby member of genus Cornus and lives in the same habitat as gray dogwood, but has blue (rather than white) berries.

[appelkueken]

[wildflowers-of-southern-ontario]

Bunchberry Cornus canadensis Cornaceae

Photographs taken on June 20, 2023, at Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Woodview, Ontario, Canada.