| Description | Golden Tartarean Dogwood (Cornus alba Aurea) is a large Dogwood with red stems and yellow foliage. |
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| Pronunciation | (KOR-nus)(AL-ba) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade in warmer zones |
| Moisture | average, moist, tolerates wet |
| Soil & Site | average, moist, tolerates wet |
| Flowers | white (flat topped cymes) bloom in the late spring |
| Fruit | white drupe (also called drupaceous berry which is a berry-like drupe??) |
| Leaves | yellow, golden red in fall, color depends on the growing site |
| Stems | get redder in the fall |
| Dimensions | 6-10 by 6-10 feet (HS), large shrub best used in berms, borders, wet areas and as the main plant on a corner planting. |
| Maintenance | I like to cut out 1/2 to a 1/3 of the old stems and cut the remaining stems back 50%. The plant can also be sheared down to 6 inches. Both of these methods will promote new colorful red stems. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Native Site | Siberia to the Korean peninsula |
| Author's Notes | One of the main purposes of this plant is the winter interest of the colored stems. Follow the maintenance schedule to maintain good twig color. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #175-Dogwoods (Paul Cappiello and Don Shadow) |
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