Multi-stemmed shrub producing rounded clusters of creamy white flowers March through June, bunches of 1/4 inch white berries (drupes, really) develop on bright red stems, narrow classic dogwood leaves turn a striking purple/red in fall, reddish young twigs with gray bark on older branches, birds (including Bluebirds, N. Flickers, and Downy Woodpeckers) eagerly gobble up the fruit in the fall, host plant for Spring Azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon), fairly drought resistant (for a Dogwood).
3-12 foot tall (3-12 foot wide)
Plant Hardiness Zones:
3a-8b
Woody Shrub
Native Range: s. QC, ON & MB south through the e. Dakotas to nw. SC and n. AR
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