| Description | A Pagoda Dogwood cultivar with a irregular gold border around the leaf. |
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| Pronunciation | (KOR-nus)(al-ter-ni-FO-li-ah) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | lightly shaded, shaded |
| Moisture | average, moist |
| 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 variegation, new growth has a red or pink ting |
| Roots | fibrous |
| Dimensions | 8-10 by 8-10 feet, tiered horizontal growing form (hence Pagoda) |
| Propagation | PP 11287, 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 by Walter Stackman (Daylily breeder) as a branch sport of a Pagoda Dogwood tree in West 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. One year the leaf edges where brown, I assumed it was from a late frost. |
| Notes & Reference | #1-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #175-Dogwoods (Paul Cappiello and Don Shadow) |
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