Red Twig Dogwood - Cornus alba - Red Barked Dogwood Plants

Red-Barked Dogwood - Cornus alba

Cornus alba is a distinctive shrub with red stems and white fruit that will grow in any soil, particularly the damper ones. Cornus alba is the parent of the magnificently coloured dogwoods such as Westonbirt, Kesselringii, Spaethii and so on.  As with all shrubby dogwoods for best results prune Cornus alba back hard every March for the best stem colour the following winter.

The name Dogwood comes from the Saxon Dagwood or "skewer-wood". The stems of Cornus alba are very straight, can be sharpened easily and are ideal for skewers for home made BBQ's...