Durning the winter is such a great time to think about your landscaping. There are always new uses for old plants as well as better developed old favorites. I recently came across this one on a trip to a landscaping trade show. I was so surprised by the foliage that I had to stop and chat with the owner of the nursery that was growing it. The leaves were a dusty eggplant purple with a bit of green on them. I thought right then I needed this tree for my landscaping. I was shocked to learn it was a dogwood.
Since this is an evergreen, it does not shed all of its leaves at one time, but will drop some of them through out the year. This variety blooms a bit later than the native varieties we are used to. The flowers last for a few weeks and can fade to a mauvy pink color. When the blooms are done there will be a fruit that will appear. This is a berry like fruit that turns red and is edible but not delectable . The fruit does attract wild life, especially birds if you are looking for that. In the winter the leaves turn to a dusty eggplant color with some green. The winter color is beautiful and a welcome addition to the drab winter landscape.
This dogwood is an evergreen variety that has been growing for awhile now. There are a few wholesale nurseries that have started growing them and they are now large enough and have proved themselves for our area so they are now available for landscaping in North Carolina. Cheap Scapes will be offering them in our spring line up of exciting new plants for you to enjoy.
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