Cornus wilsoniana

Cornus wilsoniana is a rare and stunning deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub or small tree in both flowers and bark. The flowers lack the showy bracts of the better-known dogwood species but are produced in multitudes as a showy froth of white against the dark green foliage. The flowers are followed by dark purplish-black fruits in autumn which attract birds. The foliage is green to silvery-grey. Mature trees develop impressively mottled bark over time that can be ghostly white or greenish grey. It is also called Wilson's dogwood. Attracts butterflies in spring. For the 2025 Rare Flowering Tree Pre-Order plants will be in 15cm pots and about 2-3 feet tall.

This red-barked dogwood tree (to 20-30') has the showy bark and 2-3" clusters (cymes) of small white summer flowers of its smaller but much appreciated relative, the red-twigged dogwood shrub. S-PSh/M

This is cutting grown from storm damaged branches from the tree in the Washington park Arboretum in Seattle where it is a narrow broadleaf evergreen nearly 30' tall. This originally came from Mt Heng in Hunan Province via the Shanghai Botanic Garden. White flowers followed by red fruit.