Rich, acidic and well-draining soil supports optimal growth. A location that receives morning sun and afternoon shade is ideal.

Sunlight enhances the red color of the showy bracts, but too much direct sun (particularly in the afternoon) may stress trees. As an understory tree, Cherokee Brave Dogwood provides a smaller design element to surrounding, taller shade trees.Īttention to these details helps Cherokee Brave Dogwood flourish: But its colorful impact is magnified when planted in small groupings or three or more trees. Its horizontally branching form spreads out to make Cherokee Brave Dogwood a nice single-specimen shade tree. These berries mature in late summer, turning a brilliant red to the delight of many birds that relish them as a fruiting food source.Ĭherokee Brave Dogwood is a carefully bred selection of our native dogwood tree (Cornus florida), prospering in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 5 through 9. After the blooms fade in spring, berries begin to form. Compared to other red-flowering dogwoods, Cherokee Brave Dogwood grows almost twice as fast.ģ.

Reddish-pink blooms are the highlight of this tree in spring, but another red surprise appears in autumn with its brilliant fall foliage!Ģ. This showstopper of a tree bursts into bloom before the leaves emerge to herald the arrival of spring!ġ. With its dazzling spring display of 4-inch-wide blossoms of dark reddish-pink with white centers, Cherokee Brave Dogwood (Cornus florida 'Comco No. Move over, white-flowering dogwood trees.

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