| Description | A Pagoda Dogwood cultivar with yellow foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (KOR-nus)(al-ter-ni-FO-li-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | prefers and grows best in semi-shade, avoid full sun hot dry sites |
| Moisture | prefers moist, tolerates average doesn't like dry |
| Soil & Site | average, moist |
| Flowers | off white-yellowish flowers borne on upright cymes |
| Fruit | bluish black drupe, birds love them |
| Leaves | simple, alternate, yellow to chartreuse yellow to mostly greenish yellow depending on the time of the year, temperature and site |
| Roots | fiborus |
| Dimensions | 8-10 by 8-10 feet, tiered horizontal growing form (hence Pagoda) |
| Propagation | softwood cuttings, cultivars won't come true from seed, |
| Native Site | Species plant native to areas of the United States and Canada |
| Cultivar Origin | Discovered as a seedling by, Kris Bachtell from Chicago, Illinois USA. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen this plant only a few times at different gardens. One thing that is apparent to me, is the color of the foliage greatly varies from site to site. Likes it moist, cool with enough sun to bring out the foliage color. Not a plant for the hot dry areas. |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #175-Dogwoods (Paul Cappiello and Don Shadow) |
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