Handed's plant: Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis 'Satomi')

Database link: Kousa Dogwood (Cornus kousa subsp. chinensis 'Satomi')

Status: Have

Comments by Handed
This was sold to me as Satomi, but I'm not convinced as I've seen no pink on the bracts, they are just white. Nevertheless a stunning small tree, quite slow growing, elegant in every season, stunning in flower during late spring, in fruit in late summer and in Autumn leaf. Here in 8a it flowers reliably every year, though in its first five years afterw planting it skipped alternate years. Autumn colour can be ruined by a dry Autumn though, if you cant keep up with the watering. A bonus is that the fruit taste delicious and the seeds germinate easily, so seedling plants grow up around the tree which are easy to transplant.

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