The dogwood , or Cornus genus , is a category of flowering trees consist of approximately 50 species . Though the beginning of the name " cornel " is indecipherable and attribute to everything from the thought that the hard wood was used to make daggers to the peculiar , unique smell of new shorten cornel tree , it is certain that these flowering trees and shrubs are entrance to gardeners and nature partizan alike . Three distinct types of dogwood trees are commonly found within the state of Ohio .
Flowering Dogwood
florescence dogwood is found throughout the eastern United States and the entirety of the state of Ohio . Known scientifically as Cornus florida , the blossom dogwood tree diagram is find in the wild but is also grow as an ornamental cultivar . Flowering dogwood trees prefer moist , well - drained acidic ground and full sun to full shade . Under ideal experimental condition , the flowering dogwood Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree grows up to 15 feet tall , but the tree is open to stunted growth when planted in dry , bouldered , stiff or alkaline soils . Cornus florida is characterise by smooth , ellipse unripe folio . From mid - summertime through evenfall , the leaves turn a rich , vivacious red or purple and curl or warp in pattern . hazardous blossoming dogwood trees produce livid blossoms in mid - saltation . educate varieties possess blank , pink or red flowers . flower cornel barque is gray - brownish with thick , scaly fissures .
Silky Dogwood
Unlike the flowering dogwood , silky dogwood , or Cornus amomum , is a large shrub . aboriginal to Ohio , this plant grows rapidly and prefer moist or wet habitats and is extremely adaptive to other planting conditions . Found throughout the entire state , silky cornel grows up to 10 feet in height and 10 or more feet in width under optimum status . Silky dogwood leaves are placid and oval with prominent veins . Autumnal coloring varies from vivid yellowness to sheer red . Flowers are modest , bloodless and unnoticeable , appearing on the shrub in mid - spring . By mid - summer , silky dogwood athletics disconsolate - black berries that attract and feed wildlife . The barque of this plant is almost superposable to that of flowering dogwood .
Japanese Dogwood
genus Cornus kousa , or the Japanese Dogwood tree , is not regain in the wild in the state of Ohio . Instead , this plant is a plebeian ornamental tree grown in cultivated preferences . A popular alternative to the flowering dogwood tree diagram due to it ’s longer blooming time , Japanese Dogwood is a small tree that prefers alkaline soil . The blooms of Japanese Dogwood are white in color with pointier petals than blossom dogwood . Japanese Dogwood blossom in former spring to former summer and is more resistant to pests and diseases than flowering dogwood tree . Leaves are prostrate to scorch in juiceless temperature , leading the foliation to kink and heave in hue of Marxist or royal by early fall . Japanese Dogwoods arise in full sun to fond ghost and mature to a superlative of 20 feet tall .
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