The kousa dogwood and pagoda dogwood flower after the leaves appear. Flowers are borne in tiny clusters close to the naked stems.īoth the flowering and Cornelian cherry dogwoods flower before the leaves appear.
The small yellow flowers of the Cornelian cherry appear very early in spring, sometimes before forsythia, and often remain long into spring. Pagoda dogwood lacks the showy bracts of the flowering dogwood, but has 2″ flat clusters of fragrant, white flowers appearing in May to the beginning of June. The “flowers” may be white, pink or yellow. The true flowers are clustered in the center of these bracts. The “flowers” of the flowering dogwood and kousa dogwood are not actually flowers but bracts, which are modified leaves that look like petals. Each species brings its own value to the landscape. This article will discuss all four species of dogwoods, highlighting similarities, differences, and suitability to different sites.Ĭornus is a genus of about 30–60 species of woody plants in the family Cornaceae, commonly known as dogwoods. alternifolia) are native to North America, in particular, to the eastern U.S. Of these four species, the flowering dogwood ( C. In addition to spring blooms, each species offers colorful berries in the fall, autumn leaf color, and interesting bark in winter. kousa) in May, and the pagoda dogwood ( C. florida) in April, the kousa dogwood ( C. Bloom season is long and beautiful, starting with the Cornelian cherry dogwood ( Cornus mas) in March, flowering dogwood ( C. Spring in Virginia is the season of the dogwood, with flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, serving as both the official state tree and the state flower.
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