Cornus controversa
Wedding Cake Tree
Picturesque, horizontal, sweeping branches in layered tiers. Glossy, dark-green leaves are glaucous beneath. They glow rich purple-red in autumn and this colour persists well into winter. Cream-white flowers sit atop the branches in late-spring to early-summer. Blue-purple to black fruit follow in late-summer to autumn which birds relish.
Exotic
Deciduous
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Taxonomy and Etymology
Genus: Cornus
Species: Cornus controversa
Common Name: Wedding Cake Tree
Other Common Name(s): Giant Dogwood
Description and Features
Description: Picturesque, horizontal, sweeping branches in layered tiers. Glossy, dark-green leaves are glaucous beneath. They glow rich purple-red in autumn and this colour persists well into winter. Cream-white flowers sit atop the branches in late-spring to early-summer. Blue-purple to black fruit follow in late-summer to autumn which birds relish.
Height: 8m
Width: 6m
Winter Foliage: Deciduous
Origin: Exotic
Foliage:
Summer: Green
Autumn: Purple, Red
Winter: None
Spring: Green
Flowers:
Summer: White
Autumn: None
Winter: None
Spring: White
Fruit:
Summer: Blue, Purple, Black
Autumn: Blue, Purple, Black
Winter: None
Spring: None