fruit shrub
Cornelian cherry dogwood
A durable ornamental edible for jams, syrups, and early pollinator flowers.
Growing Profile
- Hardiness
- Zones 4a-8b
- Sun
- full, partial
- Soil
- loam, clay
- Water
- medium
- Goals
- Fruit, Pollinators & wildlife, Curb appeal & color, Privacy & screening
Harvest & Use
red tart fruit in late summer
Useful search phrase: Cornelian cherry dogwood.
Plant Relationships
Understory Medium
Low alliums and long-blooming flowers can form a simple orchard-edge understory without competing heavily with young trees.