Description
Gray Dogwood
Cornus racemosa
Type: Shrub
Family: Cornaceae
Native Range: North America
Height: 10 to 15 feet
Spread: 10 to 15 feet
Bloom Time: Late spring
Bloom Description: Flat clusters of white flowers borne in terminal clusters
Sun: Full sun (6 hrs direct light daily), Partial sun / shade (4-6 hrs light daily), Full shade (4 hrs or less of light daily)
Water: Dry soil, Wet soil
Maintenance: Its suckering, spreading habit requires more maintenance and pruning for formal plantings.
Suggested Use: Excellent plant for screening or to use along ponds and stream banks.
Leaf: Interesting, but not always showy, purplish-red foliage in fall.
Attracts: This shrub’s white berries are eaten by birds. Over 98 species of birds, including flicker, tanager, woodpeckers, and catbird are attracted to this plant for its fruit and as a shelter and a nesting site.
Fruit: Bluish-white berries ripen July through October and persist into early winter. Attractive bright red fruit stalks persist through winter.
Tolerate: Alkaline soil, Clay soil, Dry sites, Occasional drought, Occasional flooding, Wet sites
