Wallace W Hansen's

Northwest Native Plants

Native Plant Nursery & Gardens

2158 Bower Ct S.E. ~ Salem, Oregon 97317-9216 ~ E-Mail: Wallace W Hansen

Phone 503-581-2638  ~ Fax 503-549-8739

Hello, Gardeners around the world and welcome to nwplants.com!

The woods are alive with northwest native dogwoods. These deciduous trees seem to be flowering particularly heavily this year, probably because of the unusual weather we've had this spring.

Whatever the reason, the creamy white flowers are making quite a bright statement in the wild and in the lucky gardener who has included this excellent shade tree in his/her landscape. Maybe, as sometimes happens, we'll have a second bloom in late summer! For sure we'll see the leaves turn yellow and red before they fall in autumn.

A single tree or a group of three forms a fine focal point in the garden. Select a well-drained site of partial shade, provide some compost to enrich the soil, and water when needed during the first few seasons until well established.

Pacific Dogwood

(Cornus nuttallii)

Photo by JoAnn Onstott

(Click to enlarge)

Deciduous tree grows 20-30 feet tall, fine for shade, late spring flower and vibrant fall color.

Pacific Dogwood is wonderful in front of dark conifers. Smaller shrubs or native perennials are fine understory plants for this tree.

An unusual three-layer planting:

• Pacific Dogwood tree

• Red Osier or Creek Dogwood (Cornus sericea ssp. stolonifera or occidentalis) shrubs

• Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis [canadensis]) low growing shrub

Very nice as a component of the garden or a specimen planting. All three of these natives are deciduous with colorful and interesting bark.

Red Osier Dogwood bloom (Cornus sericea ssp. stolonifera) and Creek Dogwood fall color (Cornus sericea ssp. occidentalis)

Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis [canadensis]) berries and flower

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