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Plant of the Day

Wednesday 9 October 2019

Several specimens of Cornus controversa 'Variegata' (wedding cake tree, variegated table dogwood, pagoda tree) were acting as focal points in the Royal Horticultural Society Garden Wisley, Surrey, Uk. This small deciduous tree has a distinctive, tiered habit and the leaves have broad margins of cream that turn yellow in autumn. The plant needs a well-drained soil in sun or partial shade.

Jill Raggett

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Sunday 24 September 2017

A Cornus controversa 'Variegata' (wedding cake tree, table dogwood) welcomes visitors to Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, UK. A small, slow growing, deciduous tree with strongly tiered branches. This variegated cultivar has long narrow leaves which are often twisted. When it flowers they appear at the ends of the horizontal branches like candles. This tree grows in well-drained soil in sun or partial shade though it often seems slow to establish but after a few years it will send up a shoot to create a new tier of branches. 

Jill Raggett