The Dawes Arboretum

Common name: Summer Fun kousa dogwood

Family: Cornaceae (dogwood family)

Distribution: Species native to e. Asia

Hardiness: USDA Zone 5

Life form: Deciduous tree

Comments: A stunningly variegated, dwarf, shrubby, deciduous tree growing only 8' tall and 4' wide in 10 years. Spring leaves emerge pink and white becoming in summer, white on the wavy edges and gray-green in the center. Four large white bracts surround the actual flowers in June after leaves have emerged and can persist several weeks. Fruits are red, pulpy berries 1-2" across. Fall color is mixture of pink and soft orange. Discovered and introduced by the Flora Wonder™ Collection of Buchholz Nursery, Gaston, OR.