Creamy white clusters of flowers appear in. It has bright green leaves with bold, creamy white margins, which turn red-purple in autumn. ANNUAL GROWTH: 6-9' HXW10 YEARS: 8'圆' HARDINESS ZONE: 5-9. Description: Known as the wedding cake tree, because of its distinctive, horizontal, tiered habit, this tree makes a lovely focal point for a small to medium-sized garden. Specific epithet comes from the Latin word for male in reference to the absence of fruits that sometimes occurs for several years after new plants begin to bloom. Cornus controversa 'Variegata' COMMON NAME: Variegated Giant Dogwood. Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Dip the cut ends in a rooting compound, then plant the cuttings in small.
Cut the other leaves in half, but leave them on the cuttings. Snip 3- to 5-inch cuttings from the tips of green stems, then remove the bottom set of leaves. Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. As with most dogwoods, cornelian cherry dogwood is most often propagated by taking stem cuttings and rooting them. Fruits may be used for making syrups and preserves. Flowers are produced in late January. Again produces a great show of yellow flowers before the leaves emerge. Fruits are edible, although sour tasting fresh off the plant. The Cornelian Cherry comes from eastern Europe and is grown for a source of vitamin C. Wonderful form of Cornelian Cherry with striking green and white variegated foliage. Fruits are ellipsoid, fleshy, one-seeded berries (drupes to 5/8" long) which mature to cherry red in mid-summer. Ovate to elliptic dark green leaves (to 4" long) typically develop insignificant fall color. Each umbel is surrounded at the base by small, yellowish, petaloid bracts which are much less showy than the large decorative bracts found on some other species of dogwood such as Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) and Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood). Yellow flowers on short stalks bloom in early spring before the leaves emerge in dense, showy, rounded clusters (umbels to 3/4" wide). Scaly, exfoliating bark develops on mature trunks. It typically grows over time to 15-25' tall with a spread to 12-20' wide. Cornus mas, commonly known as cornelian cherry, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to central and southern Europe into western Asia.
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