Arkansas Tree Database

Scientific name:

Cornus Racemosa

Size:

10'-15' tall by as wide

Leaves:

opposite, simple, 2"-4" long and half as wide, untoothed; dark almost gray-green and pale or whitish beneath

Flowers:

small and greenish white in half-spherical or pyramidal (not flat-topped) clusters

Fruit:

small white fruit (called a drupe) on a red stem, in a cluster

Fall Interest:

not always showy purple-red; deciduous

Culture:

partial sun with afternoon shade; adaptable

Disease/Insect:

Use:

pollinator garden, rain garden

Cultivars:

Notes:

shrub or small tree; tendency to spread by sending up shoots from the roots, forming a colony; attractive to birds and butterflies; native to Arkansas