![]() Individual flowers are perfect, small, 1/4 inch wide, 4-parted. The inflorescence is a flat-topped branched cluster (a cyme), about 2 inches wide, at the end of stems. Cultivars are available in the nursery trade with variegated leaves. Fall color ranges from yellow to a purplish red depending on the annual seasonal variations. Some plants may have leaves without hair. The upper surface has finely appressed hair, the underside with sparse whitish hair on the veins. Leaves are opposite, entire, on slender stalks, oval to lance shape, rounded at the base and more pointed at the tip, whitish on the underside, and have 5 to 7 pairs of upward curving veins. ![]() Some plants have a yellow variation to the stem color. Twigs resting on the ground may root at a stem node. The youngest twigs will have fine appressed hair. The pith of older twigs is whitish whitish color lenticels sparingly dot the surface. Twigs have narrow tapering buds but the terminal flower buds, which also produce leaves, will be more swollen. Stems: The "red" refers to the color of the bark of branches, stems and twigs in fall, winter and spring more greenish-red in summer. ![]() ![]() The plant grows to be an erect to spreading large shrub, up to 9 feet high and tends to form thickets with numerous stems rising from the root system. Red osier Dogwood is found primarily in the woodland and marsh areas this widespread native shrub begins blooming as early as the beginning of May, but you may spot blooms at various times until Autumn. ![]()
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