| Description | Hedgerow Gold Dogwood (Cornus sericea) is a Red Twig Dogwood with good gold variegation and red twigs. The whiteish drupe fruit attracts birds. |
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| Pronunciation | (KOR-nus)(ser-EE-see-a) |
| Plant Type | Shrubs Deciduous |
| Sunlight | full to partial sun |
| Moisture | average to moist to wet |
| Soil & Site | average to swampy |
| Flowers | white (flat topped cymes) bloom in the late spring |
| Fruit | white to whitish blue drupes, attracts birds |
| Leaves | green with irregular bright yellow margins, fall pink to red |
| Stems | vertical red stems are an excellent winter interest; as the stems age, they will start to lose their color, suckering |
| Dimensions | This is a large shrub best used in berms, borders, wet areas, and as the main plant on a corner planting. It is too large of a shrub for foundation plantings. Reaches 5-8 feet tall by equal spread |
| Maintenance | I like to cut out 1/2 to 1/3 of the old stems and cut the remaining stems back 50%. The plant can also be sheared down flat to the ground. Both of these methods will promote new colorful red stems. |
| Propagation | cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Hedgerows Nursery in McMinnville, Oregon USA |
| Misc Facts | Reported to have leaf spot problems. |
| Notes & Reference | #01-Manual of Woody Landscape Plants (Michael Dirr), #03-The Hillier Manual of Trees and Shrubs, #175-Dogwoods (Paul Cappiello and Don Shadow), |
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