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Cornus kousa ‘Milky Way Select’
Milky Way Select Dogwood
Zone: 5
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Rounded to
wide vase
Foliage: Green
Fall Color: Bright red
Flower: Large
creamy white bracts
Fruit: Red, 3 ⁄4"
Selected for its heavy and long lasting display
of creamy white flowers, each composed of four
large bracts. This showy cultivar also features
abundant bright orange-red fruit and excellent
orange-red to red autumn color.
Milky Way Select Dogwood
Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’
Satomi Dogwood
Zone: 5
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Vase shaped
to rounded
Foliage: Light green
Fall Color: Red
Flower: Pink
Rose pink blooms perch atop the branches of
Satomi Dogwood in late spring. Raspberry-like
fruits appear in late summer among the light
green leaves that turn varied shades of red in
the fall.
Cornus x ‘Rutdan’ PP 7204
Celestial ® Dogwood
Zone: 6
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Upright
spreading
Foliage: Green
Flower: White
Fruit: None
DISEASE RESISTANCE: Resistant to Dogwood
Anthracnose and Powdery Mildew
Clean, disease resistant foliage and a heavy
annual bloom make this tree both reliable and
beautiful. Cream-white flowers have broad,
overlapping bracts.
Cornus x ‘Rutcan’ PP 7210
Constellation ® Dogwood
Zone: 6
Height: 25'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Upright to
upright spreading
Foliage: Green
Fall Color: Reddish
Flower: White
Fruit: None
DISEASE RESISTANCE: Resistant to Dogwood
Anthracnose
Constellation ® is the fastest growing of the
C. kousa x C. florida hybrid dogwoods developed
by Dr. Elwin Orton of Rutgers University. White
flower bracts are large, elongated and nonoverlapping.
Sterile, ensuring a clean landscape
and an annual bloom.
Cornus kousa x nuttallii ‘KN4-43’ P.A.F.
Starlight ® Dogwood
Zone: 7a
Height: 30'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Upright oval
Foliage: Deep green
Fall Color: Red
Flower: Large,
creamy white
Fruit: 3 ⁄4", orange
Strong upright growth, clean dark green foliage,
and large firm flowers give this hybrid dogwood
great promise. The tree has shown resistance to
mildew and anthracnose, holding healthy dark
green foliage all summer. A Rutgers hybrid of the
Pacific dogwood and the Chinese dogwood.
Cornus x ‘Rutgan’ PP 7207
Stellar Pink ® Dogwood
Zone: 6
Height: 20'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Upright to
upright spreading
Foliage: Green
Fall Color:
Bright red
Flower: Light pink
Fruit: None
DISEASE RESISTANCE: Resistant to Dogwood
Antracnose and Powdery Mildew
Large and slightly overlapping flower bracts are
tinted a delicate shade of soft pink, a little lighter
in color than C. florida rubra. Flowering date of
the Rutgers series is intermediate between the
C. kousa and C. florida parents.
Cornus (kousa x nuttallii) x kousa ‘KN 30-8’ P.A.F.
Venus ® Dogwood
Zone: 5b
Height: 25'
Spread: 20'
Shape: Upright oval
Foliage: Deep green
Fall Color: Red to
purple-red
Flower: Very large,
6", creamy white
This vigorous hybrid dogwood combines the
huge flowers of the Pacific dogwood with the
environmental tolerance of the Chinese
dogwood. Bred by Elwin Orton of Rutgers
University, Venus ® has the largest bloom of any
dogwood we have seen and is very floriferous.
Little fruit, nearly sterile.
Cornus mas
Cornelian Cherry Dogwood
Zone: 5
Height: 20'
Spread: 22'
Shape: Low
branched, rounded
Foliage: Dark green,
glossy
Fall Color: Variable,
reddish
Flower: Small,
yellow, in masses
Fruit: Bright red,
cherry like
In form and fruit, this tree could be mistaken for
a crabapple. Its exfoliating bark and masses of
bright yellow flowers that appear very early in
the spring make it unique.
Venus ® Dogwood
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