Plant Spotlight of the Week: Dogwoods
We have featured Dogwoods as a plant spotlight a couple of different times – however, they are one plant that is definitely worth mentioning again. We always encourage people to think about the winter season when they pick plants for their landscape. The dogwoods provide excellent winter interest to the landscape with their brightly colored stems. The brilliant orange of the Cardinal Red Osier Dogwood (above), the red of the Red Twigged Dogwood to the yellow of the Yellow Twigged Dogwood! They tolerate many different types of soil, even wetter than average soil conditions! They are excellent bird habitat in the winter as well! Some dwarf varieties will go only 2-3′ in height while the standard dogwood may go as high as 10′! A great plant for naturalizing areas.
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