Smaller tree, 8 feet tall, 15 feet wide, weeping formĬompact, shrub form, variegated foliage, small flowers Green leaves with a yellow blotch in the centerĭark green leaves with prominent veins, heavy flowering Profile Video: See this plant in the following landscapes: Cottage Style Foundation Planting Mountain Ridge Top Garden - East Lawn and Lower Drive Border Cultivars / Varieties:ĭark green leaves with gold streak in the leaf center VIDEO created by Andy Pulte for “Landscape Plant Identification, Taxonomy and Morphology” a plant identification course offered by the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Tennessee. Underneath the tree seedlings sprout prolifically and can be weedy. Dropped fruits can ferment and attract yellow jackets.
Leaf and flower blight (botrytis), crown canker, bacterial leaf scorch, powdery mildew, and septoria leaf spot can occur. Calico scale, dogwood borer, dogwood sawfly, Japanese maple scale, leafhoppers, oyster shell scale. Insects, Diseases, and Other Plant Problems: The Kousa dogwood is generally disease and pest-free.
leaves are shiny dark green and become reddish-purple to scarlet in the fall. fruit is a reddish to pink drupe appearing late summer and fall. creamy, white bracts appear in late spring. bark develops exfoliating patches of tan and brown. Don’t let this opportunity to plant a real showstopper pass you by!įoliage: Fall Bloom: early summer Fruits: Fall Bark: Winter It is also mildly resistant to damage by deer.Ĭornus kousa would be a great addition to many Carolina landscapes. The shallow roots make it difficult to transplant, however, the Kousa dogwood can be easily transplanted in the early spring. It flourishes in well-drained acidic soil, and while it tolerates some dry soil, it will not survive in waterlogged environments.Ĭompared to Cornus Florida this plant is more resistant to drought problems, more cold-hardy, and more disease-resistant (including less susceptibility to dogwood anthracnose). It does better in open areas like lawns than the native trees but it prefers some light shade, especially in the afternoon. The plant has a slow growth rate and prefers a sunny location but is tolerant of moderate shade. The fall leaf color is reddish-purple to scarlet and lasts for 3 to 5 weeks. A tree for all seasons, the Kousa dogwood has berries that resemble raspberry fruit in autumn, and the peeling bark on the mature tree trunks gives the bark an attractive mottled appearance. Our native dogwoods bloom in April, while the Kousa dogwoods flower nearly a month later. As a Kousa matures, it develops more horizontal branching, rounded form, and becomes more wide-spreading. Young trees grow in an upright fashion and in somewhat of a conical shape. The species name, kousa, is the Japanese name for this plant.ĭepending on the age of the Kousa dogwood, the tree takes on a different appearance. The genus name, Cornus, is Latin, from the word, cornu, which means "horn." This references the hardness of the wood. It can be used as a specimen plant or in shrub borders. Sometimes referred to as the Chinese dogwood, this Asian is a cousin to our native flowering dogwood. The Kousa dogwood is a handsome, small- to medium-sized tree reaching a mature height of 30 feet. 
Phonetic Spelling KOR-nus KOO-sa Description
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