CORNUS AMOMUM #3 - Current Crop. Photo Taken: 7/31/2020
- White blossoms
- Attracts butterflies and honeybees
- Hosts spring azure butterfly
- Bluish white fruit attracts birds
- Red fall color
- Easy to grow
- Widely adaptable
- Great in rain gardens
- Can spread to form a thicket
- Deer resistant
An excellent shrubby dogwood form that is one of the best bird attracting plants in the landscape. Very hardy and spreading in nature, this selection tolerates poor, wet soils and works well in group plantings. Flat-topped heads of white flowers appear in June, followed by porcelain-blue-colored fruit that is a bird delicacy.
Low Maintenance
Water's Edge / Bog Plant
Native
Full Sun
Partial Sun
Partial Shade
Deer Resistant
Average Water
Moist, Well-Drained
Characteristics and Attributes
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Attributes:
- Low Maintenance
- Naturalizing
- Water's Edge / Bog Plant
- Native
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Flower Color:
- White
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Foliage Color:
- Green
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Programs:
- American Beauties Native Plants®
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Season of Interest (Flowering):
- Late Spring
- Early Summer
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Exposure:
- Full Sun
- Partial Sun
- Partial Shade
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Critter Resistance:
- Deer Resistant
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Habit:
- Upright
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Soil Moisture:
- Average Water
- Moist, Well-Drained
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