Cornus controversa

Upright and spreading, taller than wide, prized for the layered and horizontal branching structure.

The late spring to early summer blooms are 5-6" wide cymes, borne upright on the branch tips. individual diminutive florets are a mass of cream white.

The oval leaves are irregularly patterned with a dark green center, along with small splotches of lighter green, and a broad band of bright white all along the margin. Fall color is a substantive red-orange. Blue-black fruit towards autumn.

Height 30 to 40' Width 25 to 35'

5-9

Attracts pollinizers and birds.

It should be noted here that while there are many similarities at first glance between this form and its cousin, Cornus alternifolia Argentea. This selection has proven to be considerably faster and easier to establish than the North American version.