Cornaceae
Stiff dogwood
Cornus foemina
Also known as Southern swamp dogwood, Cornus foemina, Cornus stricta, Thelycrania stricta
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Stiff dogwood is a hardy native shrub that thrives in part shade with consistently moist, well-drained soil. It requires minimal pruning and is well suited to rain gardens, woodland edges, and streamside plantings. Once established, it is largely self-sufficient and rewards you with clusters of white flowers and blue-white berries that attract birds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist; allow top inch to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.8–7.2
- Temperature
- -25°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 10 ft – 30 ft
- Spread
- 15 ft
- Spacing
- 60 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- White
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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