| Description | A large growing Dogwood with variegated foliage. Adds a nice touch of color to the landscape. |
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| Pronunciation | (KOR-nus)(AL-ba) |
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Deciduous |
| Hardiness Zone | 3-7 |
| Sunlight | full, mostly sunny, some shade in warmer zones |
| Moisture | average to moist to wet |
| Soil & Site | average to moist |
| Flowers | white flowers (flat topped cymes) bloom in the late spring. |
| Fruit | white to whitish drupe |
| Leaves | simple, opposite, ovate to elliptic, have an irregular white margin with green centers, reach about 2 by 4 inches. |
| Stems | red stems add winter interest, will start to lose their color as the stems age |
| Dimensions | 8-10 feet high, spreads over 6-8 feet, space 6 feet on center, 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%. This promotes new colorful red stems since the older stems lose the reddish color. |
| Propagation | softwood cuttings |
| Native Site | Species native from Siberia to the Korean peninsula |
| Cultivar Origin | Introduced into cultivation in 1900. |
| Author's Notes | One of the main purposes of this plant is the winter interest of the red stems. Follow the maintenance schedule to maintain good twig color. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs (Hillier Nursery), #175-Dogwoods (Paul Cappiello and Don Shadow) |
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