Kelsey Dwarf Dogwood Shrub
2 kelsey dwarf dogwood shrub.
Kelsey dwarf dogwood shrub. Kelsey s dwarf red osier dogwood. Bare red stems provide striking seasonal color to dormant winterscapes. A dwarf dogwood with a low compact form and lush green foliage that perfectly foils less attractive bases of larger shrubs. Kelsey dwarf dogwood cornus sericea kelseyi isn t a tree.
Kelsey s dwarf red twig dogwood. The kelsey dogwood is a dwarf red tipped dogwood that makes for a great coarse groundcover or foundation plant. Excellent for erosion control on steep slopes. Hardy to 30 f maximum elevation.
Kelsey dwarf dogwood will grow to be about 3 feet tall at maturity with a spread of 3 feet. Its neat rounded shape works well in mass plantings and border foundations. Not available for purchase online. The next step up in dwarf shrub height is approximately 6 feet.
Within this category is the cornus alba bailhalo dogwood that goes by the common name of tatarian dogwood. Patience is needed with this shrub as it is slow growing and compact. Unlike the other dogwood s the kelsey s fall color is insignificant. Like its bigger cousins kelsey dwarf blooms in the spring but only small clusters of white flowers.
Instead this great little dogwood is a low growing shrub that nicely fills in as a groundcover. Please visit a menards store for information and to purchase. Small mounding cultivar of red twig dogwood. Great as a groundcover foundation plant or in the shrub border.
This shrub does best in full sun to partial. It reaches 4 to 6 feet in height and bears creamy yellowish white flowers from late spring to early summer. Very low growing shrub with rich green foliage turning red in fall and displaying gorgeous bark in the winter. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn t necessarily require facer plants in front.
It grows at a fast rate and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years. Oval to lance shaped green leaves turn red to orange in fall. Striking dark red branches especially visible in the winter. Cornus sericea kelseyi bloom color family.