Cornus sericea 'Budd's Yellow'

dogwood

size: 3 litre pot

available to order from summer 2012

£12.99

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• Position: full sun to part shade
• Soil: any moderately fertile, reliably moist soil
• Rate of growth: average to fast growing
• Flowering Period: May and June
• Other Features: the flowers are followed by white, fruit; the fruits may cause a mild stomach ache if ingested
• Hardiness: fully hardy
  
  From late spring clusters of small white flowers appear, followed by white berries. The normally green leaves take on fiery colour in autumn and afterwards the golden yellow, bare stems of this suckering, deciduous shrub provide ornamental interest.
  
  
• Garden care: In March cut the stems back hard to within 5-8cm from the ground and apply a generous 5-7cm mulch of well-rotted garden compost or horse manure around the base of the plant.
  
  
  • Eventual Height: 2m
  • Eventual Spread: 1.5m
  Cornus sericea 'Budd's Yellow' - dogwood Vividly coloured autumn leaves