Gray Dogwood

 

Note: The tree and shrub sale is a service for

Pocahontas County, Iowa residents only

 

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*  $0.80

*  12-18 inch 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

*  Disease and insect resistant

*  Native to Iowa

 

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

 

 

 

 

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