General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Street Tree
Uses: Shade Tree
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Various insects
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
  • Kousa Dogwood
  • Chinese Dogwood
  • Dogwood
Also sold as:
  • ‘Miss Satomi’

Photo Gallery
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Southern Maine
Date: Oct 27 2022
Brilliant red fall color right now.
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date: 2020-10-31
A lovely mix of colors on this specimen this autumn
Location: my garden in St Louis
Date: 2023-05-16
Location: Newby Hall Yorkshire England 
Date: June 2018
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Location: Invercargill, New Zealand
Date: 2023-12-04
Location: Hidden Lake Gardens, Tipton, Michigan
Date: 2020-10-31
Loved for its pink blossoms in late spring, but also deserving of
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2021-06-12

Date: 2010-06-13
Location: My garden in Aurora, Ontario zone 5b
Date: 2014-06-18
Puts on a lovely show every June for us
Location: Loki Schmidt Garten - Botanischer Garten der Universität Hamburg
Date: 2022-09-13
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2020-10-18
Gorgeous fall color on this 4-season tree
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2017-10-26
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-30
Location: Southern Maine
Date: 2017-10-26
Beautiful rosy fall leaves.

Date: June 2012
Satomi Japanese Dogwood
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2019-06-30

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy

Photo courtesy of Singing Tree Gardens Nursery
  • Uploaded by Joy
Uploaded by robertduval14
Location: St Louis
Date: 2012-04-29
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Comments:
  • Posted by TeeMick (South Central Pennsylvania - Zone 6b) on May 19, 2013 1:49 PM concerning plant:
    This tree is located in mostly shade but performs beautifully every year. It's coming into its own, spreading wider than a straight Cornus kousa but revealing the wonderful mottled bark of its parent plant.
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