Flower Notes:
White (Profusely borne showy bracts that emerge green, slowly turning white, and forming square flower-like structures; late spring, after the foliage)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Summer foliage); Red (Scarlet or deep red fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Abundant, edible (can be a bit mealy), pinkish-red aggregate fruits (1-1.5" dia.) somewhat resemble large raspberries; attractive to birds)
Soil Notes:
Best in acidic, well-drained soil
Diagnostic Characteristics:
Leaves ( 2-4" long by 0.75"-1.75" wide) are simple, opposite, ovate, with a drawn out tip, and pubescence usually present in axils of veins. Dogwood veins sweep toward, but never contact, the leaf margin. Flower buds at end of stems are fattened and globose with two bud scales that form a sharp point (smaller than in C. florida). Bracts, 1.5-2.5" long and 0.75-1" wide, are larger than the species type. Flowers and fruits much more profuse than species type. Bicolored, mottled bark on many specimens with age.
