Description
Type: Deciduous shrub
Family: Cornaceae
Height: 10-15 feet
Spread: 10-15 feet
Native Range: Eastern North America, statewide in Missouri
Site Requirements:
Soil: adaptable to wide range of soil conditions
Water: medium
Sunlight needs: Full sun to part shade
Tolerates: Wet soil, drought, clay soil
Landscape use: Rain garden, shrub borders, naturalized areas
Brief Description: Easily grown shrub, small showy whitie flowers, red stems on terminal stems holding flowers
Wildlife Benefits: Good bird habitat
Possible Problems: No serious insect or disease problems. The dogwood bud gall occurs on this species but is not usually a significant problem.
Stand out Features: thicket forming, grows readily in poor soils.
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Additional information
| Common Name | gray dogwood |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name | Cornus racemosa |
| Native Range | Eastern North America |
| Zone | 4 to 8 |
| Height | 10.00 to 15.00 feet |
| Spread | 10.00 to 15.00 feet |
| Bloom Time | May to June |
| Bloom Description | White |
| Sun | Full sun to part shade |
| Water | Medium |
| Maintenance | Low |
| Suggested Use | Rain Garden |
| Flower | Showy |
| Attracts | Birds, Butterflies |
| Tolerate | Deer |
| Leaf | Good Fall |
