This nice mutation of the Redosier Dogwood is planted occasionally in yards and landscapes in the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast of the US. This cultivar is sold by a good number of nurseries. It was first discovered at the Arnold Arboretum in Boston, MA, a good number of years ago. Like the regular Redosier Dogwood or the Siberian Redtwig Dogwood, it should not be planted in hills or berms where the soil gets dry, as it gets stressed by drought. It does best in full sun and wet draining soil, as near ponds or creeks. It should not be sheared because that helps cause any bark canker disease to increase. The Yellow-twig Dogwood does suffer some black canker marks on the smooth stems, and the leaves often get some leaf spot disease showing up later in summer. Old stems get big and brown-gray and should be pruned away at the ground level to keep the shrub having its handsome yellow twigs in the winter. In summer the stems turn mostly green and don't show up. It does bear the nice round clusters of white drupes (fruit-berries) in late summer and early fall that are edible by birds.

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