Maintain a mulched, weed-free area around dogwoods to prevent. The best way to avoid this disease is to prevent wounds or damage to the trunk. Bark injuries can occur when the plants are dug at the nursery, shipped, or moved around within the retail sales yard. We love our dogwoods for their magnificent, flaming orange-reds. They include cornelian cherry (Cornus mas), red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea).

Personally, I love sour things and this year I harvested, pitted, and am trying my hand at making a jam similar to sour-cherry jam with the Cornus mas drupes (very exciting).įall: When autumn comes we are drawn to the magnificent colors of the chlorophyll-bereft leaves left on trees leaving only their remaining pigments for nature’s color palette. Next comes a powerful tart like sour-cherries making you salivate again but be careful, the nut in the center is as hard as a rock. First it is extremely astringent, your mouth puckers intensely as the moisture is sucked from your tongue and cheeks. Biting into one of the fruits straight from the tree is a unique and intense experience. The flowers are small (510 mm in diameter), with four yellow petals, produced in clusters of 1025. The leaves are opposite, 410 cm long and 24 cm broad, with an ovate to oblong shape and an entire margin. It is available both as a single- or multi-stemmed plant and can be a nice specimen tree if its lower branches are pruned. And what’s more? They are edible, with flavor to boot. It is a medium to large deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 512 m tall, with dark brown branches and greenish twigs. Cornelian Cherry Dogwood (Cornus mas): Cornelian cherry dogwood offers some of the earliest spring flowers, vibrantly colored summer fruits, and exfoliating bark that adds rich visual interest to winter gardens. The tree sets elongated drupes that hang heavily from the tree like red olives. Fruit trees have a special place in my heart and the dog days present the abundance promised from a long spring of flowering and pollinating. Annual shoots are thin, green, reddish on the sunny side and older wood is covered by brown thin peeling bark. Mulching: Beskyt rødderne i vinterens kulde ved at anvende et tykt lag af fyrretræer, bark eller træbark. Det producerer spiselig frugt om sommeren og en rød løvfarve om efteråret. All photographs of GelekornoeljeCornusmasCorneliancherrydogwood. Cornelian kirsebærtræ (Cornus Mas) er kendt for sin tidlige blomstring om foråret med klynger af uklar gul, stjernelignende blomster. The mature tree’s trunk has a distinctive scaly and exfoliating bark. Native to Europe and into western Asia, the Cornelian Cherry Dogwood can grow up to 25 feet tall with a 20-foot spread. mas becomes a reliable, shady tree as Spring fades into summer. recognizing trees at the Dutch European treeguide by leafs, bark and more. More than other similar species, Cornus Mas tree is resistant to many different potential pests and diseases.

Summer: Covered with lovely, simple dogwood leaves C. The summer face of Cornus mas covered with lovely, simple dogwood leaves.

Cornus mas bark