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Cornus sericea 'Budd's Yellow'
dogwood 'Bud's Yellow'
A vibrant, deciduous, suckering shrub with yellow-green stems that are especially useful in adding winter-interest colour to the garden. Small yellowish-white...
7.5 litre pot
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Plant description
A vibrant, deciduous, suckering shrub with yellow-green stems that are especially useful in adding winter-interest colour to the garden. Small yellowish-white flowers are borne in clusters in early summer and are followed by round white berries making 'Bud's Yellow' a plant for many seasons.
Eventual height & spread
Flowering period
- Jan
- Feb
- Mar
- Apr
- May
- Jun
- Jul
- Aug
- Sep
- Oct
- Nov
- Dec
Plant features
Position
Full sun / light shade
Rate of growth
Fast-growing
Soil
Moderately fertile, moist, well-drained soil
Hardiness
Fully hardy
How to care for Cornus sericea Budd's Yellow:
Incorporate a quantity of well-rotted garden compost or horse manure in the planting hole to improve the moisture-retentive qualities the soil and a scoop of mycorrhizal fungi to aid root establishment. On established plants, in March prune to within 5-8cm from the ground to to encourage new, colourful stems to form and apply a generous 5-7cm mulch of well-rotted garden compost or horse manure around the base of the plant.
Please note:
This shrub is deciduous so it will lose all its leaves in autumn, then fresh new foliage appears again each spring.
