Stellar Pink Kousa Dogwood Tree

It is a small deciduous tree with a dense upright habit.
Stellar pink kousa dogwood tree. The flowers on stellar pink dogwood bloom after the leaves appear a clear indicator japanese dogwood is a parent. The pink blossoms are very delicately colored and bloom so profusely that the tree looks like a pink cloud. Stellar pink has gained a solid reputation with nurseries and landscapers as the most asked for pink dogwood available today. The stellar series blooms slightly later and lacks fruit.
Elwin orton of rutgers university resulted in the rutgers stellar series dogwoods considered highly resistant to dogwood borer and moderately to highly resistant to dogwood anthracnose. The stellar pink dogwood is a vigorous hybrid tree specially created to be resistant to the diseases that are causing problems in some areas with growing flowering dogwoods. A small flowering tree native to eastern asia the kousa dogwood is an attractive small tree makes a statement in a yard or garden or along the edge of a wooded border. Stellar pink is a hybrid dogwood cornus florida x cornus kousa that was developed by elwin r.
Plants of stellar pink are known to be very vigorous growers. The trees are a cross between c. It is a beautiful small tree reaching perhaps 20 feet in height maturing to a broad pyramidal form with low sweeping branches. It is noted for its vigorous habit large bracted flowers profuse bloom and resistance to anthracnose and dogwood borer.
It flowers later than other american dogwoods in mid may when the branches are covered in. Birds are also attracted to this spectacular tree. This variety is erect in growth habit and is more uniformly full in width than are trees of kousa dogwood. Qualities for stellar pink include.
Description care of stellar pink dogwood dogwoods are small understory trees and stellar pink is no exception. Known for their versatility and variety dogwood trees and shrubs are available for almost any situation in the landscape. It has a uniform width from top to. Breeding efforts by dr.
In fall the leaves turn a fabulous purple red mixture. Dogwood is easy to grow requiring sun and moist soil. 15 ft flower color. Kousa the japanese dogwood.
Large pink blossoms open in the spring attracting butterflies. As part of the stellar series of dogwoods released by rutgers university.