Cornus Officinalis

Japanese cornelian cherry is a mid-sized tree of tidy rounded habit. Spherical clusters of tiny yellow flowers appear before forsythia in March. Shiny red drupes up to inch long are a fall feature. Grows well in sun or part shade in a variety of soils. The rough corrugated bark develops grey, brown, and orange patches with age. Despite its showy bark and a fruit and flower display superior to Cornus mas, it is rarely found in gardens here.

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• RM-4
• RM-12
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