Cornus sanguinea - Bloodtwig Dogwood

Cornus sanguinea

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Michael Dirr Cornus sanguinea

Michael Dirr

Cornus sanguinea

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Common Names:
Bloodtwig Dogwood
Common Dogwood

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Origin:
	Europe

Sun/Water Requirements:

Partial/Full sun.
Moderate climate.

Climate / Hardiness Zones:
	Zone 4 to Zone 7

Growth:
	Range: Grows from 5' to 10'. Dirr says: "large, unkempt, sloppily dressed, spreading, round-topped, multi-stemmed shrub of a dense, twiggy nature; suckers freely from roots and forms a colony much like C. racemosa (Gray Dogwood)"

Flowers:
	Season(s): Late Spring, Summer Dirr says: "profusely produced in late May to early June in 1 1/2 to 2" diameter, flat-topped cymes, effective for 7 to 10 days; the total effect of the flowers is somewhat reduced by the abundant foliage."

Foliage:
	Deciduous Color: Leaves are dark green in the summer and purple in the fall.

Fruit:
	Color: Black Season(s): Summer, Early Fall Dirr says: "purplish black, almost unnoticeable for they blend in with the dark green foliage"

Landscape Value:
	Can be used as a hedge plant. Can be used as a grouping plant. Dirr says: "possibly shrub border, massing, screening; definitely not for specimen use or the small residential landscape; too large and clumsy, tends to look out of place with age."

Other:
	Is Resistant to Disease Is Resistant to Insects

Other Cornus sanguinea References & Articles:

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Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) state tree of MISSOURI, VIRGINIA ... Flowering dogwood is a common woodland tree through the eastern United States.

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Planting Common Winterberry shrubs in your Pennsylvania garden will attract birds that will enjoy feasting ... spring-flowering tree to your Tennessee garden, consider planting a Dogwood Tree.

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A Tree In Bloom All Year - Suggestions For The Home Garden And Landscape
... (Magnolia stellata) are next to bloom; Corneliancherry Dogwood or Cornus mas is not well-known to gardeners ... The native Common Witchhazel (Hamamelis virginiana) blooms Mid-October or early ...

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What Is Flowering Now In Early June
... star-shaped pink, red, lavender, or white flowers and Chinese or Kousa Dogwoods (Cornus kousa) that adds weeks of additional bloom time after native flowering Dogwoods are finished blooming.

Cornus sanguinea is hardy in these areas:

Allegan, MI	Alsip, IL	Athens, MI
Augusta, MI	Baltimore, MD	Bangor, MI
Battle Creek, MI	Bayside, NY	Bellmore, NY
Bellport, NY	Bethpage, NY	Blue Point, NY
Bohemia, NY	Brentwood, NY	Brightwaters, NY
Bronxville, NY	Brookhaven, NY	Canton, MI
Channahon, IL	Charlottesville, VA	Chicago Heights, IL
Chicago Ridge, IL	Chicago, IL	Cicero, IL
Cleveland, OH	Coal City, IL	College Point, NY
Conneaut, OH	Corona, NY	Crete, IL
Detroit, MI	Dewitt, MI	Dimondale, MI
Dolton, IL	Dorset, OH	Eagle, MI
East Claridon, OH	East Elmhurst, NY	East Greenville, PA
East Lansing, MI	East Texas, PA	Eastchester, NY
Easton, PA	Eaton Rapids, MI	Ecorse, MI
Edmore, MI	Elkins Park, PA	Elmhurst, NY
Elmwood Park, IL	Elyria, OH	Emmaus, PA
Evergreen Park, IL	Ferndale, MI	Flushing, NY
Forest Hills, NY	Fort Eustis, VA	Fresh Meadows, NY
Glen Burnie, MD	Grand Rapids, MI	Greenlawn, NY
Gwynn Oak, MD	Hamtramck, MI	Harper Woods, MI
Harrison Township, MI	Hastings On hudson, NY	Highland Park, MI
Holbrook, NY	Holtsville, NY	Hunt Valley, MD
Huntington Station, NY	Huntington, NY	Islandia, NY
Jackson Heights, NY	Kalamazoo, MI	Lakewood, OH
Landisburg, PA	Lawn, PA	Leasburg, NC
Lebanon, PA	Lemoyne, PA	Lewistown, PA
Lexington, NC	Liberty, NC	Linwood, NC
Little Neck, NY	Littleton, CO	Liverpool, PA
Loysville, PA	Lykens, PA	Macomb, MI
Marysville, MI	Maspeth, NY	Mcalisterville, PA
Melville, NY	Memphis, MI	Memphis, TN
Mentor, OH	Middle Village, NY	Middlefield, OH
Montville, OH

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