Pull any weeds and clear away any debris and turfgrass. Gently tease the roots apart, and place the root ball in the hole. You want it to be slightly above the level of the surrounding soil. Backfill the hole with soil, tamping down as you go to eliminate any air pockets. Soak the ground, then apply a inch layer of mulch to help retain the water. Be sure to keep the mulch several inches from the trunk. If you want to create a solid screen of white dogwoods, plant them 5 feet apart from the center of each trunk.
For a more sculptural look, stagger them between feet apart from the center. White dogwoods are fairly low-maintenance, with limited soil requirements but a need to be well-watered. White dogwoods thrive in partial shade, also called dappled shade.
They require about four hours of direct sunlight per day. These trees are highly adaptable to a wide range of soils conditions, able to grow in clay and sandy soils. But they flourish in moist, loamy, slightly acidic soil.
While they need to remain moist due to their shallow roots, they do not like having wet feet. During dry spells, you should water your tree at least twice a week—or more, if you live in an arid climate. Young white dogwoods do not require fertilization and can even die if too much is applied. Typically, understory plants and trees include seedlings, saplings, and other shrubs and herbs. Dogwood, for example, is an understory tree that is also capable of being in the full sun without overhead protection.
When it comes to how many hours of sun a dogwood tree needs, we found that four hours is sufficient. Whether you plant your dogwood in the shade or the sun, your tree must have morning or afternoon sunlight. Although dogwoods in the wild grow in the shade, freestanding trees require the sun to bloom and grow. Despite being easy to grow and care for, the best place to plant dogwood is a well-draining, nutrient-rich spot with partial shade.
If you live in a climate with extreme dryness, dogwood might not be the tree for your garden. View this flowering dogwood on Amazon here. You should plant dogwood right before the spring growing season. With that said, if you live in a place with moderate summers and light winters, you can certainly plant your dogwood in the summer.
Dogwoods are not highly time or season-sensitive and do well in the cold as well as heat. When it comes to the heat, dogwoods are not so tolerant. As we mentioned above, this type of tree prefers moderate temperatures, so extreme heat will not be suitable for your plant.
Generally speaking, dogwoods will start to wither and lose foliage in extreme heat to save water. If you live somewhere very dry and hot, mulching around your dogwood will help drainage and water conservation in hotter seasons.
Dogwoods need frequent watering during hotter temperatures, so make sure to do so every day or at least every other. See this mulch on Amazon here. Similar to other dogwood trees, pink is also able to take full sun. Although these understory trees prefer partial shade, they can survive heat as long as they have plenty of moisture. Mulching around the base of a pink dogwood in the summer is a great way to keep it from dehydrating and dying. If you want to plant pink dogwood in your garden, make sure its soil is slightly acidic and it has good drainage around it.
Here is an acidic soil mix from Dr. Earth to use around your dogwood tree. Younger kousa dogwoods grow upright, but with age, they spread more broadly with horizontal branching.
Growth Rate: A slow to moderate grower, it will grow about 10 feet in 15 years. For USDA zones 5 to 8. Red colored kousa dogwood Cornus kousa fruit in autumn. Most are creamy white; some will turn pinkish with age. The showy fruit are pinkish-red to red, and appear in September and October.
They resemble raspberries and are edible, although somewhat mealy. Fruit could cause some litter problems. Fall leaf color is varies from purple to red to yellow. The branches of this species grow upright in a young tree, and droop as the tree ages. The strong horizontal branching in older trees is an especially attractive feature.
The kousa dogwood cultivars are all deciduous, except for the naturally occurring variety, C. Evergreen kousa dogwood Cornus kousa var. Problems: Some kousa dogwoods and their hybrids are more resistant than flowering dogwood to dogwood anthracnose, powdery mildew, spot anthracnose, and common dogwood borers than flowering dogwood.
Landscape Use: Kousa dogwood is best used as a border accent, near a deck or patio, or as a specimen. It works well at the edge of woods where it will receive some sun. Fall color will be more intense with a greater exposure to sunlight.
Kousa dogwood Cornus kousa with spectacular fall color. Ideal soil is moist, fertile, loamy and well-drained. This tree may be more adaptable to soil conditions than flowering dogwood. It does not tolerate drought, and should be deeply irrigated during hot, dry spells. It prefers shade in the afternoon in the South, but is more afternoon sun tolerant than the flowering dogwood.
Kousa dogwoods should be planted in an area large enough for good root expansion. Provide mulch under the canopy to prevent mechanical damage by mowers and weed trimmers, and to preserve soil moisture.
There is a group of hybrids C. Other breeders have also produced extremely attractive hybrids of C. It is a rounded, multi-stemmed small tree or large shrub with a network of fine stems. Growth Rate: A slow to moderate grower, it will grow 20 feet in 25 years. For USDA zones 4 to 8. Ornamental Features: The Cornelian cherry dogwood produces showy yellow flowers in late winter and early spring, before leaves emerge.
Fruit become bright red in mid-summer and are attractive to birds. Falling fruit may create litter problems and can temporarily stain walks and concrete. The fall leaf color is often poor, ranging from dull green to purplish red. Problems: This is generally a pest-free plant. It has shown good resistance to powdery mildew and dogwood anthracnose in some tests.
Landscape Use: This plant can be used as a border accent, near a deck or patio or as a specimen. It can also be used in containers. It tends to be multi-stemmed, and may sucker from the lower trunk and roots, making it a good candidate for a hedge or shrub border. Lower branches may be removed to make a small tree. It will grow in a variety of soil types but prefers moist, fertile, well-drained soil.
It is not tolerant of extended drought. Mulch will encourage root growth and provide moisture retention. Choose a site for the Cornelian cherry dogwood that has full sun or partial shade. It grows 20 feet tall and 15 feet wide and blooms in late winter with bright yellow flowers.
Red edible fruit appear in July. The following dogwoods are among those recommended for their tolerance or resistance to disease. Disease tolerance means the ability of a plant to endure an infectious or noninfectious disease, adverse condition or chemical injury without serious damage or yield loss. Disease resistance means that infections are few, do not progress very far, or do not occur. Many excellent cultivars are available and have good disease resistance which has limited the use of cultivars of the flowering dogwood.
Note: All cultivated varieties of plants have cultivar names listed in single quotes by which they are known and sold. For these plants, the trademark name is the recognized name for consumers to use in searching for and buying the plants. They are included here simply because they are the official assigned cultivar names.
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