CORNUS officinalis

Japanese cornelian cherry, Japanese cornel

CORNUS officinalis

Japanese cornelian cherry, Japanese cornel

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Maintenance advice : At the end of winter, cut off any dead wood.Tolerates pruning after flowering if you want to maintain it as a shrub. Water abundantly and regularly for the first 2 years.
Botanical/Horticultural origin : China, Japan, Korea : introduced around 1870
Use group : Sträucher
Height at 10 years : 6 m
Width at 10 years : 3 m
Growth : Fast
Fragrance : No
Exposure : Sun - Half shade
Evergreen/Deciduous : Deciduous
Shape : tree like
Colour of leaves : Green
Colour of flowers : Yellow
Soil type : Garden soil
Uses : Free standing specimen

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Orange-brown scaly bark. Lovely streaked leaves turning orange-red in autumn. Flowering, precocious compared to the Cornus màs, is abundant and quite remarkable. Plant it near a path where it can be seen. Any type of soil even dry and chalky.