Cornus controversa 'June Snow'

This beautiful Dogwood provides year-round interest with showy blossom, excellent autumn colour, bright green foliage and an attractive branching habit. Of value as a spreading, deciduous screening tree that grows wider than tall or as an elegant, spreading specimen in larger gardens and parks.

Categories: Cornus

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Genus

Cornus
Species

controversa
Variety Type

Ornamental
Variety

Cornus
Growth Rate

Moderate to fast.
Foliage

Broadly ovate with prominent venation. New leaves are fresh lime green in colour. Autumn colour can be excellent and ranges from rich reds to glowing oranges and burgundy.
Bark

Young bark can be bright red to dark red-brown, and age to a grey-brown with lighter grey marking and numerous lenticils. In contrast, the stems of the flower cymes are bright green.
Ornamental Fruit

Under ideal conditions, small clusters of small, bright blue fruits are formed on red stems.
Tree Habit

Spreading wider than high, with a distinct layered, or tiered, branching habit.
Flowers

Flat topped cymes of densely packed creamy-white flowers from late spring to early summer. Mature trees are a magnificent sight when the branches are covered with flowers.
Height (m)

8
Width (m)

10