Variegated Stellar Pink Dogwood Tree

Variegated stellar pink in full sun.

Variegated stellar pink dogwood tree. Rutgers is introducing an exciting variation of our famous and highly popular stellar pink dogwood. Each leaf is edged in white with overlapping hues of green and white turning a brilliant red purple in the fall. Its abundant flowers almost completely cover the tree in an overlapping manner. Growing 15 20 tall with a similar spread this dogwood exhibits strong growth and excellent resistance to dogwood anthracnose.

Variegated stellar pinktm is a stable mutation of the popular stellar pink variety of dogwood tree that is the result of crossing two varieties cornus kousa and cornus florida. Large pink blossoms open in the spring attracting butterflies. To create stellar pink the only pink flowering tree of the series orton crossed japanese kousa dogwood with a red blooming american flowering dogwood named sweetwater fast forward to the 21 st century and a nurseryman named dennie hill discovers a variegated branch on one of his stellar pinks. Cornus x variegated stellar pink us pp.

Stellar pink dogwood is a beautiful specimen tree. Birds are also attracted to this spectacular tree. The new cultivar is trademarked variegated stellar pink dogwood and originated as a bud mutation which gave rise to a branch from a stellar pink dogwood tree. Discovered in tennessee this fine variegated form of the stellar pink dogwood has rich dark stems and attractive white leaf margins.

Dogwood is easy to grow requiring sun and moist soil. A versatile small tree for lawn or woodland plantings. Seashell pink flowers smother the branches in spring followed by decorative bright red fruit.