Botanical Name: Cornus stolonifera
Common Name: red and yellow twigged dogwood
Family: Cornaceae
Origin/Distribution: North America
Notes: important to prune at base to keep it from growing out of control
Leaf/bud: simple, deciduous, pinnate venation, enitire margin, obtuse base, acuminate margin
Flower: bloom May - June, flowers creamy white cyme, fragrant
Fruit/Seed: white berry
Stem/Bark: red or yellow
Size: height 15 - 25ft , spread 20 - 30ft, basal prune to maintain small - medium
Habit: spreading, bush-like
Form: mounding
Culture: full sun - partial shade
Landscape Use: shrub
Notes: important to prune at base to keep it from growing out of control