Stellar Pink Dogwood Tree For Sale
The stellar pink dogwood is a vigorous hybrid tree specially created to be resistant to the diseases that are causing problems in some areas with growing flowering dogwoods.
Stellar pink dogwood tree for sale. In fact millions of seedlings and budded trees are produced every year for commercial nurseries around the country. We should have them. Hybrid pink dogwood 3 gallon pot if you ve been afraid to plant a dogwood tree for fear of disease and or borer problems have no more fear. Elwin orton of rutgers university resulted in the rutgers stellar series dogwoods considered highly resistant to dogwood borer and moderately to highly resistant to dogwood anthracnose.
The foliage turns pink and red in the fall. More in the tree guide. Exciting new variety provides brilliant color from spring through fall. Developed by the rutgers university breeding program this is a stable mutation or sport of the popular stellar pink variety of dogwood tree that is the result of crossing two varieties cornus kousa and cornus florida.
Stellar pink flowering dogwood is a multi stemmed deciduous tree with a stunning habit of growth which features almost oriental horizontally tiered branches. Kousa the japanese dogwood. It flowers later than other american dogwoods in mid may when the branches are covered in. Print print stella pink dogwood cornus florida var.
The pink dogwood is a very popular landscape tree. The stellar series blooms slightly later and lacks fruit. Are you needing these plants for a garden center landscape company or city project. Florida a native of the american southeastern states and c.
Just one look at this stunning specimen in full bloom and you ll know why. Stellar pink dogwood tree cornus x rutgan pp 7 207. Great in a sunny or semi shady spot in your yard these stunning trees will look beautiful in the perennial border or as a foundation tree and excel as a light shade tree during the hot summer months. Sign up for email updates.
It is disease resistant to anthracnose and powdery mildew. Stellar pink dogwood has upright and slightly spreading branching. The trees are a cross between c. This cultivar has exhibited superior winter hardiness and has.
Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. Growing 15 20 tall with a similar spread this dogwood exhibits strong growth and excellent resistance to dogwood anthracnose. In the spring this elegant small tree boasts light pink star shaped flowers set against very attractive green and white variegated foliage. This is a good.
Breeding efforts by dr. Stellar pink is a hybrid of american dogwood crossed with japanese dogwood which results in much stronger vigor and resistance to dogwood borer and disease. Stellar pink dogwood cornus rutgan stellar pink is a cross between these american natives and japanese native dogwood and the results will take your breath away. Stellar pink will produce a very vigorous growing and hardy tree the period of flowering in the spring is quite similar to that of aurora and celestial and starts a few days after the floral display periods for ruth ellen stardust and constellation begin and five to seven days after the completion of the floral display periods of most plants of the american dogwood.