Latin Name: Cornus sericea
Current Height and Cost: 3 ft - $25 delivered
Eventual Size at Maturity: Height - 7ft Spread - 6ft
Space Requirements: 4 feet from fences, paved surfaces or buildings
Form: broad, spreading
Growth Rate: fast
Tolerates Standing Water: yes
Light Required: full sun to ½ shade
Fall Colour: red to purple
Flowers white flowers from May to June
Fruit: white fruit in Aug to Sept(not edible)
Wildlife and Other Notes: fall food source for songbirds; butterfly habitat
Shrub Tips: showy red stem in winter; ideal for bank stabilization

Photos courtesy of William Hoch www1.uwex.edu/ces/landscapeplants