CORNUS florida 'RAINBOW'

eastern flowering dogwood 'Rainbow'

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CORNUS florida 'RAINBOW'

eastern flowering dogwood 'Rainbow'

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  • Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, remove any dead wood, if necessary.
  • Botanical/Horticultural origin : Horticultural origin : breeder A. Mazzilli, Canton, Ohio (US) 1968
  • Use group : Sträucher
  • Height at 10 years : 4 m
  • Width at 10 years : 4 m
  • Growth : Medium
  • Fragrance : No
  • Exposure : Sun - Half shade
  • Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
  • Shape : shelved
  • Colour of leaves : Variegated green yellow
  • Colour of flowers : White
  • Soil type : Garden soil
  • Uses : Free standing specimen
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Superb, slightly curvy, multicoloured leaves in autumn. In spring and summer, leaves are green to yellowy green, margined and splashed with bright yellow. In autumn, the yellow parts are slowly replaced with red, and eventually takes over the whole leaf. The white flowers, appearing in April-May, have four bracts (leaves disguised as petals) and are followed by shiny, oval red berries of 1cm long. Forms an erect shrub, then a spreading little tree.