Stellar Pink Dogwood Tree Pictures

If you plant kousa dogwood as a fruit source for birds steer away from the stellar series such as stellar pink cornus rutgan stellar pink which is a hybrid cross between flowering dogwood and kousa dogwood.

Stellar pink dogwood tree pictures. Pink dogwood dogwood trees flowering trees deciduous trees trees and shrubs tree sillouette green giant arborvitae bottle trees planting shrubs. This vigorous growing tree wants to be the star of the show. It is a small deciduous tree with a dense upright habit. The stellar series blooms slightly later and lacks fruit.

Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. Kousa the japanese dogwood. Planting ideas stellar pink dogwood attracts birds to the garden with its showy fruit. The flowers on stellar pink dogwood bloom after the leaves appear a clear indicator japanese dogwood is a parent.

It is noted for its vigorous habit large bracted flowers profuse bloom and resistance to anthracnose and dogwood borer. Variety or cultivar stellar pink stellar pink is a vigorous compact upright deciduous tree with oval to elliptic dark green leaves turning reddish purple in autumn and in mid to late spring clusters of tiny yellow green flowers surrounded by four large rounded. Hardy in usda zones 5 through 9 stellar pink is a sterile tree that doesn t bear flowers and cannot produce fruits. This is a good specimen tree for a location with acidic soil and afternoon shade.

This species and the pacific. The trees are a cross between c. Butterflies love the flowers. Stellar pink flowering dogwood is a multi stemmed deciduous tree with a stunning habit of growth which features almost oriental horizontally tiered branches.

Hybrid flowering dogwood stellar pink cornus x rutgersensis rutgan cornus stellar pink genus. As part of the stellar series of dogwoods released by rutgers university. It has a uniform width from top to. Stellar pink is a hybrid dogwood cornus florida x cornus kousa that was developed by elwin r.

To my eyes stellar pink s flowers are softer and more refined than the pink dogwood cornus florida rubra. Saved by pam of eastlake victorian. Florida a native of the american southeastern states and c. Landscape boarders landscape curbing landscape rocks landscape steps landscape timbers lawn and landscape fantasy landscape landscape.

Breeding efforts by dr. This cultivar has exhibited superior winter hardiness and has. Description care of stellar pink dogwood dogwoods are small understory trees and stellar pink is no exception. Dark green leaves 3 to 6 inches long turn an attractive red in fall.

Developed by the rutgers university breeding program this is a stable mutation or sport of the popular stellar pink variety of dogwood tree that is the result of crossing two varieties cornus kousa and cornus florida. It is the state tree of north carolina. Flowering dogwood is a small deciduous tree that blooms with white pink or red flowers in early spring. Besides leaf color with brighter color all other attributes are identical to the stellar pink variety.

Flowering dogwood has a low branching habit with a flattish crown.