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Cornus florida (Flowering Dogwood, State Tree of Missouri, State Tree of Virginia)

Type: Species | Edit History      Plant ID - 27806

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Scientific Classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Cornales Family: Cornaceae Genus: Cornus Species: Cornus florida

Common Names add State Tree of Virginia edit | delete State Tree of Missouri edit | delete Flowering Dogwood edit | delete American Dogwood edit | delete State Flower of Virginia edit | delete State Flower of North Carolina edit | delete Plant Types edit Deciduous Medicinal Tree   Zones / Hardiness edit 5a (to -15 F / -26 C) 5b (to -10 F / -23 C) 6a (to -5 F / -21 C) 6b (to 0 F / -18 C) 7a (to 5 F / -15 C) 7b (to 10 F / -12 C) 8a (to 15 F / -9 C) 8b (to 20 F / -7 C)   Height (Maximum) edit 40 to 60 feet (12 to 18 m)   Spread (Maximum) edit 10 to 20 feet (3 to 6 m)   Flowering Start edit March   Flowering End edit April   Leaf Colour edit Green - Medium   Leaf Shape edit Elliptic Opposite   Have you a suggestion for a plant property that we are missing? Please let us know. Suitable For edit Low Maintenance Garden Oriental Garden Shade Garden Wildlife Garden Woodland Garden   Sun Exposure edit Full Sun Partial Shade   Soil Types edit Well-drained Moist Rich   Soil pH edit   Bloom Colour edit Pink Yellow/Gold White Green   Wildlife Value edit Bird - food (fruit/berries/insects/seeds) Bird - shelter (nesting/thorns)   Propagation Techniques edit Seed   Skill Level edit Beginner   Additional Short Notes add For longer notes please use the Opinions area below subject to dogwood borer in east USA edit | delete Ask a Question about this Plant on our Forums

Members who grow this plant also grow...   Hydrangea macrophylla (Bigleaf Hydrangea, Mophead Hydrangea)   Forsythia X intermedia (Showy Forsythia)   Digitalis purpurea (Common Foxglove)   Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree, Yellow Poplar, State Tree of Indiana, State Tree of Kentucky, State Tree of Tennessee) Contributors For This Plant FlowerFreak22 (9625) toni (36069)   Cayuga Morning (1356) Frank (2698)   purpleinopp (8118) Gardens Containing This Plant FlowerFreak22's Garden Green_Numb's Garden   moore's Garden tmholding's Garden   Cayuga Morning's Garden zuzu's petals's Garden Link To This Plant Copy and paste one of the codes below to your favourite forum or website in order to link to this plant: Forum link Direct link HTML code

Add Your Opinion About This Plant FlowerFreak22 (9625) wrote on May 01 2009 Rating for this plant: This tree contains Quinine, a treatment for Malaria. Because of it's flowers and wood, this tree also offers considerable horticultural and commercial value. I like this opinion 1 person likes this opinion Note: please don't use this box to post questions, you can do that on our forums instead.

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Other names for this plant:
Cynoxylon floridum



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