Dogwood Tree Pink Stellar

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Dogwood tree pink stellar. This cultivar was bred to address the problems with dogwood anthracnose which decimated a lot of dogwoods during the last few decades of the twentieth century. These trees can add year round beauty to the landscape. Kousa the japanese dogwood. Growing stellar pink dogwood trees.

Hybrid pink dogwood 3 gallon pot if you ve been afraid to plant a dogwood tree for fear of disease and or borer problems have no more fear. It has a uniform width from top to. Usa product flowering dogwoods cornus florida are deciduous trees native to the eastern half of the united states. Butterflies love the flowers.

The trees are a cross between c. Elwin orton of rutgers university resulted in the rutgers stellar series dogwoods considered highly resistant to dogwood borer and moderately to highly resistant to dogwood anthracnose. Stellar pink will produce a very vigorous growing and hardy tree the period of flowering in the spring is quite similar to that of aurora and celestial and starts a few days after the floral display periods for ruth ellen stardust and constellation begin and five to seven days after the completion of the floral display periods of most plants of the american dogwood. The stellar pink dogwood grows into a small tree between 15 and 20 feet tall and just as wide.

Stellar pink dogwood tree cornus x rutgan pp 7 207. Stellar pink is a hybrid of american dogwood crossed with japanese dogwood which results in much stronger vigor and resistance to dogwood borer and disease. Free more destinations condition. Breeding efforts by dr.

Stellar pink is a hybrid dogwood cornus florida x cornus kousa that was developed by elwin r. Developed by the rutgers university breeding program this is a stable mutation or sport of the popular stellar pink variety of dogwood tree that is the result of crossing two varieties cornus kousa and cornus florida. It is disease resistant to anthracnose and powdery mildew. Planting ideas stellar pink dogwood attracts birds to the garden with its showy fruit.

Are you needing these plants for a garden center landscape company or city project. As part of the stellar series of dogwoods released by rutgers university. More than 10 available. It is noted for its vigorous habit large bracted flowers profuse bloom and resistance to anthracnose and dogwood borer.

Stellar pink dogwood has upright and slightly spreading branching. It is a small deciduous tree with a dense upright habit. When young it is vase shaped but as it matures it takes on a broad pyramidal habit with a flat top and with wide sweeping branches that give a graceful profile to the tree. The stellar series blooms slightly later and lacks fruit.

Fresh seeds 5 stellar pink dogwood seeds tree flowering hardy fall color flower cornus 665from us. Pink varieties of flowering dogwood cornus florida such as rubra and prairie pink brighten the garden each spring by filling their branches with. This beautiful tree is the perfect lawn specimen to grace any garden big or small or. Besides leaf color with brighter color all other attributes are identical to the stellar pink variety.

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