Cornus kousa Landscaper Favorite The plants stand in spring

The plants stand in spring floodwater for weeks

given the one thing all rockroses insist on: a hot

growing fast to flowering height

The turtlehead is named twice over for things that go quiet

Cornus kousa Landscaper Favorite The plants stand in springThis elegant small tree carries a graceful, vase shaped habit that rounds out with age. Blooming two to three weeks after Cornus florida, the kousa dogwood opens striking, pointed flower bracts in late spring to early summer, extending the dogwood season. The bracts surround clusters of tiny true flowers in a star like display that sets this dogwood apart. In late summer come vibrant, raspberry like fruits, red and rounded, that draw birds and are