Flower Notes:
Yellow;green (True flowers are small and inconspicuous;Bracts stay green, rather than creamy white)
Foliage Notes:
Green (Dark green); Red (Scarlet or deep red fall foliage)
Fruit Notes:
Red (Edible aggregate fruits 1-1.5" dia.)
Soil Notes:
Well-drained, slightly acidic soils
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). Bicolored, mottled bark on many specimens with age.
