Buy Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun'

Also Known As

Chinese Dogwood
Summer Fun' Chinese Dogwood

Plant type

tree

size

H: 8'-10'
W: 4'-5'

planting zones

5a-8b

2 gallon bagged root ball | $101

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Fewer than 28 at Gossler Farms

2 inch wide, 4-6 inch deep tube | $34.95

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Fewer than 11 at Forestfarm

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Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun' plant details

Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun' is a fast-growing, moderate-growing broadleaf deciduous tree with green, pink, variegated and white foliage. In summer cream, green and white flowers emerge followed by pink and red fruit. Features glossy texture. Grows well with sun - mostly shade and even moisture water. Does well in acidic, average, rich and well-drained soil. A good option if you're seeking something verticillium wilt resistant.

CHARACTERISTICS OF Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun'

Plant type: tree
Plant family: cornaceae
Foliage: deciduous green, pink, variegated and white
Mature size: 4 FT - 5 FT - wide, 8 FT - 10 FT - tall
Flowers: cream, green and white blooms in summer

GROWING CONDITIONS for Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun'

USDA Zones: 5a - 8b
Sun exposure: sun - mostly shade
Watering frequency: even moisture
Resistant to: verticillium wilt
Soil needs: acidic, average, rich and well-drained

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Nursery contributed plant descriptions

'Summer Fun' is a stunning variegated Cornus kousa with brilliant white margins surrounding mottled green centres all often flushed with pink. This cultivar has great vigour and sun tolerance. The flowers are a beautiful white. Edible, red, strawberry-like fruits attract birds in late summer and fall. Grows 10-15' tall and wide. For the 2025 Rare Flowering Tree Pre-Order plants will be in 1g pots and about 1-2 feet tall.

By: Phoenix Perennials and Specialty Plants Ltd.

Introduced by nursery man/plantsman Talon Buchholz from Gaston, OR. This excellent variegated plant has broad white margins on light green leaves. Will really brighten any shady part of the garden.

By: Gossler Farms

Multi-tasking!: this special dogwood provides large white spring flowers PLUS leaves edged with pink in spring/white in summer PLUS showy fall colors: a center-piece and small shade tree all rolled into one. S-PSh/M

By: Forestfarm

Heavily-variegated leaves on this compact broadleaf tree show an almost white-colored margin. The flowers that emerge earlier in the spring are quite showy as well.

By: Conifer Kingdom

An impressive new white variegated kousa dogwood. Each leaf emerges in spring with a stunning pink-white margin, and presents showy colors in fall. A dazzling cultivar; perfect feature for a smaller garden. Photo taken mid July.

By: Bloom River Gardens

Deciduous, upright, small tree. The green leaves are edged in creamy white, becoming bright pink and orange in fall. The small, prolific, star-shaped white flowers bloom in June. Growth Rate medium, 6-12" annually

By: Garden World

Introduced by Talon Buchholz, this brilliant white marginvariegated clone seems perfectly sun tolerant and puts on a show to rival any of the daunting number of other white-variegated kousa cultivars.

By: Heritage Seedlings

A small shade tree with variegated green and white leaves with pink edging in the spring. Large white flowers. Wonderful fall color. More vigor and larger leaves than Wolf's Eye.