General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Wet
Wet Mesic
Mesic
Leaves: Good fall color
Unusual foliage color
Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Blooms on old wood
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Suitable Locations: Bog gardening
Uses: Provides winter interest
Edible Parts: Fruit
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Pollinators: Bees
Parentage: Sport of: Flaviramea

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Common names
  • Yellow Twig Dogwood
  • Variegated Yellowtwig Dogwood
  • Dogwood
  • Red Osier Dogwood
  • Red Twig Dogwood
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Cornus sericea subsp. sericea
  • Synonym: Cornus stolonifera

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Courtesy Sunlight Gardens, used with permission
Location:  
Date: 2010-011-06
Colorful stems can be seen better with a dark background
Location: West Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2021-09-27

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