5/29/2023 0 Comments Cornus mas autumn![]() ![]() ![]() Take half-ripe cuttings in summer or hardwood cuttings, with a heel, in autumn. No routine pruning is needed, although bushes can be cut back at any time while dormant if they are becoming too large. Not often noticed because hidden by foliage. ![]() Autumn colour is a mixture of green and reddish-purple foliage.įlowers, small clusters of star-shaped yellow flowers on bare shoots in winter and early spring.įruit, edible, red, oblong, up to 2cm long. Leaves, medium to dark green, slightly shiny, up to 8cm long, opposite, broad elliptic, wavy and curving leaf margins. Further, the Cornus mas can grow in semi-shade or no shade and can tolerate strong winds. It can grow in sandy, loamy, or clay soil, as well as acid, neutral, and basic soils. Flowers are useful for early foraging insects and the fruits attract birds, so a good wildlife tree. Some of the tree and shrub dogwoods (Cornus kousa) have a graceful spreading habit, which provides sweeping branches of eye-catching white or pink flower bracts. Cornus mas shows high adaptation, but it grows best in the humus-rich, limey soils of the lowlands and rolling hills, which are rich in nutritive elements. Grown for small yellow flowers in late winter and red berries in autumn. Drooping glossy green leaves turn dull purple in autumn. Cornus mas (also called Cornelian cherry) Genusĭeciduous, open, spreading shrub or small tree. Cornus mas Golden Glory - Golden Glory Cornelian-cherry Dogwood - Photo courtesy of Bailey. ![]()
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