The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Girard's Dwarf kousa dogwood

Family: Cornaceae (dogwood family)

Synonym: Cornus kousa 'Girard's Nana'

Distribution: Species native to e. Asia

Hardiness: USDA Zone 5

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: An unusual selection of this normally spreading, deciduous flowering tree. This selection has upright growth and narrow pointed, somewhat rumpled four white bracts in early spring that are set off by heavily textured dark green leaves. Fruits are red, pulpy berries 1-2" across. Fall color can be dark purple to orange-red. Upon maturity, the mottled gray-brown bark is very attractive. Best used as a specimen or accent plant..