Gray Dogwood

 

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Pocahontas County, Iowa residents only

 

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expbul1a  $1.50

expbul1a  2-3 foot bare root seedling

 

*      Full sun/full shade

*      Zone:   3-8

*      Height:  8-12 feet

*      Spread:  8-10 feet

*      Hardy shrub able to grow in poor

     soils

*      Upright, multi-stemmed form

*      Can be pruned into a small tree

*      White 2 inch clusters of flowers late

      May-early June

*      Bluish-white ¼ inch fruit August-

      Sept.

*      Attractive red stalks after fruit has fallen – become gray in winter

*      Gray-green to dark green summer foliage becomes purplish-red in fall

expbul1a  Disease and insect resistant

expbul1a  Native to Iowa

 

expbul1a  Wildlife value:  Shelter and food for birds and mammals – birds relish the berries

 

 

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