Description | 'Sweetwater Red (Cornus florida) is a small tree with reddish pink flowers. Its new foliage has a bronzey red tinge. |
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Pronunciation | (KOR-nus) |
Plant Type | Trees Deciduous |
Sunlight | full, mostly suuny |
Flowers | The flowers are made up of deep red pink bracts |
Leaves | Bronzy red new foliage turning to purple-red in the fall. |
Dimensions | 20-25 by 20-25 feet (HS) |
Cultivar Origin | Selected by Boyd Nursery McMinnville, Tennessee, USA, in 1954. |