'Aurora'-upright, showy creamy white overlapping flower bracts,.The cultivars are sterile.īelow are the descriptions of several of the popular cultivars.
Mulching keeps the roots moist and cool during the hot summer.ĭepending on the cultivar the height, width, habit, and flower color may differ. The Hybrid Flowering Dogwood is best grown in full sun to partial shade and in organically rich acidic soils. The genus name, Cornus, is Latin for the word, cornu, which means "horn." This references the hardness of the wood. They are sometimes designated in commerce as Cornus x rutgersensis. He also developed the fast-growing "Hyperion.' These plants are known to be resistant to borers and anthracnose. In the 1990s, he introduced the Stellar Series. Orton crossed the two plants in hopes of developing a plant that would be resistant. In the 1970s, our native Flowering Dogwood was severely impacted by anthracnose and was also susceptible to Dogwood borers. Orton, Jr of Rutgers University, and they are a part of the Stellar Series. The Hybrid Flowering Dogwood is a cross between the Flowering Dogwood, Cornus Florida, and Kousa Dogwood, Cornus kousa, There are several cultivars available including 'Aurora,' 'Constellation,' 'Stellar Pink,' and 'Celestial.' These plants were developed by Elvin R. Phonetic Spelling KOR-nus hai-bruhdz Description
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