Cornus kousaCORN - us KOO -

sah• Common name: Chinese Dogwood• Classification: Tree, deciduous• Arrangement: Opposite• Composition: Simple• Margin: Entire• Veins: Pinnate• Leaf: length 2-4”, width 1 ¼ - 2 ½”

• Tree grows 20’ tall, 15-20’ wide• Flower buds set in fall are pointed• Flowers in Spring (May) blooms 2-3

weeks after Cornus florida• White or pink bracts very pointed,

not rounded like Cornus florida• 4 bracts are long taper-pointed 2”

across• Flowers are not stalked• Fruit fall red

• Fruit is not smooth as in Cornus florida• Cornus kousa fruit is red and resembles

a rasberry, ½ diameter• Bark on trunk exfoliates• Cornus kousa has brown flower buds

that are very pointed• Leaf is more pointed than Cornus florida• Leaf tends to “leather” texture• Veins are almost all opposite at midrib

of leaf• With age branches become very

horizontal• Zones 5-8

Cornus kousa