Midwinter Fire Dogwood

Bloodtwig dogwood or cornus sanguinea midwinter fire is a deciduous shrub that adds great visual interest to the garden in winter. The outstanding ornamental features of this cultivar are.

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Midwinter fire dogwood

A golden fall foliage followed by branches and stems that start out yellow in color at the base of the plant and gradually turn bright orange to crimson towards the tip of the plant. All of the leaves fall away to reveal gorgeous colorful stems that start bright yellow towards the center and move up to a orange and red like a brilliant flame. Noted for its colorful stems and twigs in winter bloodtwig dogwood midwinter fire cornus sanguinea is a hard plant to beat for a colorful show in the winter garden.

When your garden is in full bloom in spring and summer this dogwood shrub makes a lovely tidy green backdrop. This cultivar was discovered in a german garden by h venhorst in around 1980 and named midwinter fire in 1990. The fragrant spring blooms attract butterflies and summer berries attract birds.

Midwinter fire dogwood is a dense multi stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Midwinter fire is for its colorful stems and twigs in winter. The phrase dogwood winter is colloquially used to describe a sudden cold spell in april may when dogwoods are flowering.

It grows to 5 tall and 6 wide over 8 years. Browse pictures and read growth cultivation information about cornus bloodtwig dogwood cornus sanguinea midwinter fire supplied by member gardeners in the plantfiles database at dave s garde. It nectar pollen rich flowers has seeds for birds and is a caterpilar food plant.

It nectar pollen rich flowers has seeds for birds and is a caterpilar food plant. It enjoys spectacular decorative features. Cornus sanguinea midwinter fire is a plant for all seasons including winter.

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