Description

* Quantities of 1 are equal to 1 bundle of 25 trees *

• Bare root seedling, 8″-12″

• Deciduous shrub

• Height: 2 to 10 feet

• Width: 2 to 10 feet

• Fast growth rate

• Broad, rounded, mounded form

• Clusters of small, 4-petaled, white flowers in mid-May to June; the second bloom occurs in July and August

• Small, round, white to pale blue berries July through September

• Fall foliage is red-purple

• Hardiness zone: 2 to 7

• Sun to part shade

• Adaptable to sandy, loam, or clay soils

• Average to wet soil; drought tolerant

• Adaptable to very poor to well-drained soils; soil compaction tolerant

• Soil pH: 6.1 to 8.5; have your soil tested by the U of M Soil Testing Lab

Credits: Kathy Zuzek, former Extension educator; Beth Berlin, former Extension educator; and Julie Weisenhorn, Extension educator

https://extension.umn.edu/trees-and-shrubs/redosier-dogwood

Seedling Planting Guide