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Cornus mas autumn5/15/2023 ![]() ![]() small yellow inflorescences are numerous and clustered on the bare stems in March, effective for about three weeks in late Winter and heralding the impending arrival of Spring.fall color is a mixture of green and reddish-purple foliage, and ornamentally ineffective.medium to dark green, somewhat shiny, about 3" long, opposite, broad elliptic, and acuminate, with major leaf veins parallel to the undulating and curving leaf margins.Cornelian Cherry Dogwood is somewhat sensitive to being transplanted in Autumn, and care should be taken to amend the soil, fertilize, water thoroughly, mulch adequately, and avoid Winter salt spray, to enhance survival chances during the first Winter. ![]() best floral contrast is achieved if planted in front of a red brick wall or with an evergreen tree, shrub, or vine backdrop, to enhance the flowering effect of the small yellow inflorescences that emerge before the foliage.single-trunked forms that branch low or multistemmed forms are the normal forms available, but shrubs that have been limbed up (either single- or multi-trunked) into tree form are also occasionally available.abundantly available, usually in ball and burlap form.Dogwood Family, with virtually no disease or pest problems.propagated by rooted stem cuttings or by seeds.prefers moist, well-drained soils in full sun, but is adaptable to poor soils, dry soils, soils of various pH, heat, and drought.upright rounded to upright spreading growth habit, either multi-trunked or single-trunked and branching low to the ground.large ornamental shrub or small ornamental tree. ![]()
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