Growing a red twig dogwood is a great way to add spectacular color to the winter garden.
Red stick dogwood bush.
Current year s growth features outstanding coral red branches on a multi stemmed shrub.
Bare stems create an attractive winter accent and are a wonderful addition to seasonal flower arrangements.
Summer brings a well shaped shrub with beautiful green leaves.
Red twig dogwood bushes are called red twig because of its distinctive and attractive deep red branches this beautiful upright shrub displays white blossoms in may giving way to bright red berries in the fall.
The shrub produces creamy white flowers in spring and berries that ripen from green to white by the end of summer.
It s a shrub that sparks conversation with fantastic winter color weather adaptability and drought tolerance the red twig dogwood is truly one of a kind.
The red dogwood bush cornus stolonifera or c.
The best growing zones for this perennial shrub are 2 through 9.
The red twig dogwood cornus stolinifera is very handsome and eye appealing as winter interest in the landscape especially with a sprinkling of snow to set off the red stem color.
In spring you get attractive white flowers.
The red twig dogwood plant also known as the cornus sericea is a shrub that truly is at its best during the winter months.
Namely the bush s red twigs which are brightest from late winter to early spring.
This ornamental shrub puts out many slender.
Sericea is also known as red osier or red twig dogwood because of the color of its young branches.
Yellowish white flowers are followed by small blue berries.
The stems which are green in spring and summer turn bright red when the foliage drops off in autumn.
The shrubs actually can provide year round interest.
A field guide though it boasts four season interest with fragrant flowers tiny berries and showy foliage the red twig dogwood saves its best for winter when its stems are on fire.
A typical understory plant in forests and woodlands cornus sericea thrills with flaming red or yellow twigs.
Red twig dogwood will brighten your winter landscaping with its bright red branches.