Stellar Pink Dogwood Tree For Sale
It is disease resistant to anthracnose and powdery mildew.
Stellar pink dogwood tree for sale. Elwin orton of rutgers university resulted in the rutgers stellar series dogwoods considered highly resistant to dogwood borer and moderately to highly resistant to dogwood anthracnose. This cultivar has exhibited superior winter hardiness and has. Breeding efforts by dr. The stellar pink dogwood is a vigorous hybrid tree specially created to be resistant to the diseases that are causing problems in some areas with growing flowering dogwoods.
Stellar pink is a hybrid of american dogwood crossed with japanese dogwood which results in much stronger vigor and resistance to dogwood borer and disease. It flowers later than other american dogwoods in mid may when the branches are covered in. Print print stella pink dogwood cornus florida var. Florida a native of the american southeastern states and c.
Stellar pink will produce a very vigorous growing and hardy tree the period of flowering in the spring is quite similar to that of aurora and celestial and starts a few days after the floral display periods for ruth ellen stardust and constellation begin and five to seven days after the completion of the floral display periods of most plants of the american dogwood. Stellar pink dogwood tree cornus x rutgan pp 7 207. Kousa the japanese dogwood. Stellar pink dogwood cornus rutgan stellar pink is a cross between these american natives and japanese native dogwood and the results will take your breath away.
Great in a sunny or semi shady spot in your yard these stunning trees will look beautiful in the perennial border or as a foundation tree and excel as a light shade tree during the hot summer months. Just one look at this stunning specimen in full bloom and you ll know why. We should have them. The pink dogwood is a very popular landscape tree.
Exciting new variety provides brilliant color from spring through fall. Just submit our order form to send us a request or if you don t need. The foliage turns pink and red in the fall. Are you needing these plants for a garden center landscape company or city project.
Growing 15 20 tall with a similar spread this dogwood exhibits strong growth and excellent resistance to dogwood anthracnose. The stellar series blooms slightly later and lacks fruit. In fact millions of seedlings and budded trees are produced every year for commercial nurseries around the country. Developed by the rutgers university breeding program this is a stable mutation or sport of the popular stellar pink variety of dogwood tree that is the result of crossing two varieties cornus kousa and cornus florida.
Sign up for email updates. Hybrid pink dogwood 3 gallon pot if you ve been afraid to plant a dogwood tree for fear of disease and or borer problems have no more fear. Its average texture blends into the landscape but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. Besides leaf color with brighter color all other attributes are identical to the stellar pink variety.
The trees are a cross between c. It is a beautiful small tree reaching perhaps 20 feet in height maturing to a broad pyramidal form with low sweeping branches. This is a good. In the spring this elegant small tree boasts light pink star shaped flowers set against very attractive green and white variegated foliage.