Stellar Pink Dogwood Tree

A magnificent landscape specimen for small gardens or woodland settings.

Stellar pink dogwood tree. Birds are also attracted to this spectacular tree. Department of agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 though 9 and prefer rich well drained soil that is slightly acidic. It is noted for its vigorous habit large bracted flowers profuse bloom and resistance to anthracnose and dogwood borer. We should have them.

As part of the stellar series of dogwoods released by rutgers university. They also add summer and fall color with rich green foliage color in summer and reddish purple leaves during fall. Large pink blossoms open in the spring attracting butterflies. Dogwood is easy to grow requiring sun and moist soil.

The stellar pink dogwood is a vigorous hybrid tree specially created to be resistant to the diseases that are causing problems in some areas with growing flowering dogwoods. The large and beautiful 3 to 5 inch diameter four petaled pink flower bracts appear in spring before new leaves emerge. Profuse large overlapping blush pink flower like bracts cover this small but vigorous tree in early spring. Stellar pink dogwood is a beautiful specimen tree.

Stellar pink is a hybrid dogwood cornus florida x cornus kousa that was developed by elwin r. It is a small tree maturing to 20 feet tall and wide with a very dense upright rounded habit. This superb new dogwood offers exciting color. This is oftentimes followed by brilliant red berries in winter.

Flowering dogwoods range in color from white to pink or red and generally bloom for about two to four weeks in early spring. Plants of stellar pink are known to be very vigorous growers this variety is erect in growth habit and is more uniformly full in width than are trees of kousa dogwood the flower bract heads are very attractive with a blush pink color stellar pink will produce a very vigorous growing and hardy tree. Pink dogwoods grow best in u s. Although flowering dogwoods are susceptible to.

It is a beautiful small tree reaching perhaps 20 feet in height maturing to a broad pyramidal form with low sweeping branches. The fully branched habit provides layers of lush green foliage from bottom to top. It is disease resistant to anthracnose and powdery mildew. Stellar pink dogwood has upright and slightly spreading branching.

Hybrid pink dogwood is prized for its vigorous growth large flowers and profuse bloom. A versatile small tree for lawn or woodland plantings. Each leaf is edged in white with overlapping hues of green and white turning a brilliant red purple in the fall.