Common names:
Eastern Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood
Red Flowering Dogwood
Dogwood

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Annual
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Wet
Soil pH Preferences: Strongly acid (5.1 – 5.5)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 7b -15 °C (5 °F) to -12.2 °C (10 °F)
Maximum recommended zone: Zone 4a
Leaves: Good fall color
Spring ephemeral
Broadleaf
Fruit: Edible to birds
Other
Flowers: Malodorous
Flower Time: Spring
Edible Parts: Sap
Dynamic Accumulator: Ca (Calcium)
Co (Cobalt)
I (Iodine)
Propagation: Other methods: Bulbs
Pollinators: Wasps
Conservation status: Extinct in the Wild (EW)

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