Kousa Dogwood seed

LATIN NAME: Cornus kousa

COMMON NAME: Kousa Dogwood

The kousa dogwood is the pink star of the late spring, and the pointed bracts surround the small, round heads of the true flowers. The small, vase-shaped, deciduous tree carries the oval leaves with the wavy edges and the small, round heads of the true flowers surrounded by the four large, pointed, white or pink bracts through the late spring, to be followed by the round, raspberry-like, pink-red fruits. The tree is a fine, generous presence of the cool garden and the courtyard. It is a tree of the open, sunny to partly shaded, deep, well-drained ground.

Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology

The kousa dogwood is a fine subject of the plant science, and the pointed bracts keep showing up in the work on the flowering dogwoods. The breeding of the dogwoods for the bract colour and the disease resistance has been studied closely, and it keeps appearing in the studies of the ornamental trees, the late-blooming dogwoods and the members of the dogwood family. The oval leaves with the wavy edges and the small, vase-shaped habit have also made it a fine garden tree, and the kousa dogwood is a regular subject of the work on the pink-star trees of the cool world.

Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications

The kousa dogwood is a fine, generous tree of the cool garden and the courtyard. The four large, pointed, white or pink bracts open around the small, round heads of the true flowers through the late spring, one of the fine, starry sights of the cool garden, and the round, raspberry-like, pink-red fruits follow through the autumn, drawing the birds. The tree gives the fine, layered structure of the small garden and the courtyard, and it is one of the fine choices for the cool garden, the specimen tree and the four-season planting. It has been written about in the horticultural papers for the pink stars and the late, generous ways, and it is a fine, long-lived tree of the open, sunny to partly shaded, deep, well-drained garden.

The kousa dogwood is one of the pink-star trees of the cool garden, and the raspberry-like fruits draw the birds through the autumn. The tree gives the fine, layered structure of the small garden.

To grow the kousa dogwood from seed, sow the small, oval seeds just below the surface of a pot of loose, free-draining soil, keep the pot in a cool, bright spot and water gently, then set the young plants out in the open ground. The seedlings thread up within a few weeks and grow on steadily. With the sun or the light shade and the deep, well-drained ground, the pink stars will open through the late spring.

Use: Landscape