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Related Plants

Latin Name

Habit

Height

Hardiness

Growth

Soil

Shade

Moisture

Tartarian Dogwood

Shrub

3.0

3-7

F

LMH

SN

Mwe

0

0

1

Cornus alternifolia

Green Osier, Alternateleaf dogwood, Alternate Leaf Dogwood, Golden Shadows Pagoda Dogwood, Green Osi

Shrub

6.0

3-8

F

LMH

N

DM

0

2

2

Silky Dogwood

Shrub

3.0

4-8

M

LMH

SN

M

1

2

1

Cornus asperifolia drummondii

Roughleaf Dogwood

Shrub

4.0

5-9

F

LMH

N

M

0

0

3

Cornus australis

Shrub

4.0

6-9

LMH

SN

M

1

0

3

Cornus canadensis

Creeping Dogwood, Bunchberry dogwood, Bunchberry

Perennial

0.3

2-7

F

LMH

SN

M

4

2

2

Cornus capitata

Bentham's Cornel

Tree

12.0

7-10

M

LMH

SN

M

4

1

3

Cornus chinensis

Tree

10.0

7-10

LMH

SN

M

2

3

Cornus controversa

Giant Dogwood, Wedding Cake Tree,

Tree

15.0

5-8

F

LMH

SN

M

2

1

2

Tree

20.0

5-9

LMH

SN

M

0

0

2

Cornus elliptica

Tree

10.0

7-10

M

LMH

SN

M

4

1

2

Flowering Dogwood

Shrub

6.0

5-9

M

LMH

SN

M

2

2

3

Cornus hemsleyi

Shrub

4.0

-

LMH

SN

M

0

0

2

Cornus hongkongensis

Shrub

15.0

-

LMH

SN

M

1

0

2

Shrub

4.0

-

LMH

SN

M

2

0

3

Japanese Dogwood, Kousa dogwood, Chinese Dogwood,

Tree

10.0

5-8

S

LMH

SN

M

5

0

2

Cornus kousa chinensis

Japanese Dogwood

Tree

10.0

5-8

LMH

SN

M

5

0

2

Cornus macrophylla

Large-Leaf Dogwood

Tree

15.0

5-9

LMH

SN

M

2

2

2

Cornelian Cherry, Cornelian Cherry Dogwood

Shrub

5.0

4-8

M

LMH

SN

M

4

2

3

Cornus monbeigii

Shrub

5.0

6-9

LMH

SN

M

1

2

2

Cornus multinervosa

Tree

8.0

-

LMH

SN

M

2

0

2

Cornus nuttallii

Mountain Dogwood, Pacific dogwood, Western Dogwood

Tree

10.0

6-8

M

LMH

SN

DM

1

2

3

Oblong-Petal Dogwood

Tree

6.0

8-11

LMH

SN

M

0

3

2

Cornus occidentalis

Western Dogwood

Shrub

6.0

5-9

LMH

SN

M

1

1

Cornus officinalis

Shan Zhu Yu, Asiatic dogwood, Japanese Cornel Dogwood

Shrub

10.0

5-8

M

LMH

SN

M

4

3

0

Cornus poliophylla

Shrub

4.0

6-9

LMH

SN

M

1

2

2

Cornus quinquenervis

Shrub

3.0

4-8

LMH

SN

M

2

0

Round-Leaved Dogwood

Shrub

3.0

4-8

LMH

SN

DM

0

1

Cornus sanguinea

Dogwood, Bloodtwig dogwood

Shrub

3.0

4-8

LMH

SN

M

2

1

3

Red Osier Dogwood, Western dogwood

Shrub

2.5

2-7

F

LMH

SN

MWe

2

2

4

1

Growth: S = slow M = medium F = fast. Soil: L = light (sandy) M = medium H = heavy (clay). pH: A = acid N = neutral B = basic (alkaline). Shade: F = full shade S = semi-shade N = no shade. Moisture: D = dry M = Moist We = wet Wa = water.

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