DOGWOOD * CORNUS

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• Deciduous whorled trees.
   
• The dogwoods are hardy ornamentals, often assuming a brilliant fall coloring, and with attractive flowers and fruits. They grow nearly as well in shady places. Hardy as far north as Massachusetts.
   
• Well adapted for sandy soils.
   
• C. alternifolia is of very distinct habit, the branches being arranged in irregular whorls, forming flat,horizontally spreading tiers. It is deciduous.
   
• Small tree, grows to 25 ft.
   
• C. rubra rarely grows to 40 ft.
   
• One of the most beautiful American flowering trees.
   
• Rarely grows to 40 ft.