Variegated Stellar Pink Dogwood Tree

A versatile small tree for lawn or woodland plantings.

Variegated stellar pink dogwood tree. Profuse large overlapping blush pink flower like bracts cover this small but vigorous tree in early spring. A magnificent landscape specimen for small gardens or woodland settings. To create stellar pink the only pink flowering tree of the series orton crossed japanese kousa dogwood with a red blooming american flowering dogwood named sweetwater fast forward to the 21 st century and a nurseryman named dennie hill discovers a variegated branch on one of his stellar pinks. Stellar pink dogwood is a beautiful specimen tree.

Zone 5 posted in other dogwoods leave a reply stellar pink cornus x stellar pink. Rutgers is introducing an exciting variation of our famous and highly popular stellar pink dogwood. Variegated stellar pink in full sun. Variegated giant dogwood cornus controversa variegata a graceful small tree with horizontal branching and silver margined leaves.

Each leaf is edged in white with overlapping hues of green and white turning a brilliant red purple in the fall. Its abundant flowers almost completely cover the tree in an overlapping manner. May 12 2016 exciting new variety provides brilliant color from spring through fall. A sterile cultivar that produces no fruit.

This superb new dogwood offers exciting color. Flowering dogwood has a low branching habit with a flattish crown. Growing 15 20 tall with a similar spread this dogwood exhibits strong growth and excellent resistance to dogwood anthracnose. Cornus x variegated stellar pink us pp.

Dark green leaves 3 to 6 inches long turn an attractive red in fall. Variegated stellar pinktmis a stable mutation of the popular stellar pink variety of dogwood tree that is the result of crossing two varieties cornus kousa and cornus florida. Dogwood is easy to grow requiring sun and moist soil. Seashell pink flowers smother the branches in spring followed by decorative bright red fruit.

Plant in full sun to partial shade. The new cultivar is trademarked variegated stellar pink dogwood and originated as a bud mutation which gave rise to a branch from a stellar pink dogwood tree. The foliage turns pink and red in the fall. Birds are also attracted to this spectacular tree.

Large pink blossoms open in the spring attracting butterflies. It is the state tree of north carolina. Flowering dogwood is a small deciduous tree that blooms with white pink or red flowers in early spring.