Scarlet Fire Dogwood – Cornus Kousa – 7 Gallon Pot (5-6′)

USDA Plant Hardiness Zones: 5a-8b  Find Your Zone

Plant Type:  Deciduous Flowering Tree

Flower Color:  Pink fading to Deep Fuschia-Pink with tinge of Green followed by abundant Red berries

Flower Size:  5″ in diameter

Flowering Period:  Late Spring to Early Summer

Flower Type:  Single

Fragrant Flowers:  No

Berries:  Yes, 1′ diameter – abundant and edible!

Berry Color:  Red

Foliage Color:  Dark Green

Fragrant Foliage:  No

Attracts:  Visual Attention, Songbirds. Wildlife

Resistances:  Deer, Disease, Heat, Insects

In 45 years of plant breeding, ‘Scarlet Fire’ is the first Corna kousa it has ever bed and introduced…and boy is it a beauty! This new cultivar is the darkest and most consistently pink selection with massive 5 inch diameter deep pink to fuchsia coloration at its peak. The brilliant colored glowing flower bracts are truly stunning in the landscape from up close and afar, and appear for over a course of about 6 weeks. Exceptionally floriferous, the original tree flowered very heavy at only 4 years old and budded trees can set many floral buds only after two growing seasons!

The foliage of Scarlet Fire emerges green with purple streaking that eventually becomes solid green by summer. The late spring flower show is followed by a second act of abundant and large 1″ diameter red edible berries that the birds and other wildlife will thank you for.

Growing 15 to 20 feet tall and equally as wide over time, the the Scarlet Fire Dogwood is ideal for use as a specimen, in groupings or in a staggered row in sunny or shady landscape or woodland borders. Also nice to frame the corners of tall homes and to provide beauty and some shade around patios, porches and other outdoor living spaces. A fine addition to woodland gardens, pink theme gardens, Asian theme gardens, wildlife gardens, and cottage gardens.

Suggested Spacing:  22′ or more for space between trees

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