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Common Names
Japanese Flowering
Dogwood
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Botanic Name
Genus: Cornus
Species: kousa
Variety:
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Type: Tree
Family: CORNACEAE
Origins: Japan, Korea and China
Light: Full Sun
Wind: Medium
Growth: Very fast
Frost: Hardy
Evergreen: No
Native: No
Height: 7m
Width: 5m
Position
Feature
RETAIL Availability
Easy to find
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Flower Colour
Cream
Pink
White
Flowering Time
(Southern Hemisphere)
January
February
December
Climate Zone
Zone: 7
Zone: 8
Zone: 9
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Overview
A small tree with dense green foliage on tiered branches.
It bears large white, pointed four petalled flowers in summer which turn to dull red fruits in autumn which are not edible to humans but wildlife love them. (But for the real keen botanists, the flowers are not petalled but bracts of the inflorescence).
Cornus kousa Greensleeves is the best known variety being very robust with heavy flushes of flowers and is also very heavily fruiting.
Soil: Richly fertile and well drained soil
Maintenance: Mulch in summer to maintain moisture - feed in spring with a well balanced, slow release fertiliser.
Other Species: 45 species in all
Comments: These compact trees are popular in Japanese gardens.
Author: Bob Saunders.
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Here we list businesses who usually sell this plant.
Online Retailers
Gardenarium
Based in South Australia, specialising in mainstream, rare and unusual perennial plants along with roses and ornamental trees.
Delivery to: ACT,NSW,NT,QLD,SA,VIC,WA
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White House Nursery
A boutique, rare plant nursery, in Fern Hill, Victoria specialising in rare plants, climbers and bulbs.
Delivery to: ACT,NSW,QLD,SA,VIC
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Local Retailers
SA |
Mount Gambier:
Gardenarium |
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VIC |
Ashbourne:
White House Nursery |
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Vic |
Jindivick:
Muskers at Broughton Hall Rare Plant Nursery |
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