Audubon Native Roughleaf Dogwood – #3 Container 1-2 Feet

Description

The National Audubon Society presents a new line of native plants that helps birds and wildlife thrive in your area! Including the Audubon® Native Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii), or Rough-leaved, is noted for its textured green foliage, blooms, and white berries for three-seasons of beauty within the landscape!

Flowering in May-June, the yellowish-white clusters of flowers are borne on long stalks. The showy clusters comprised of tiny flowers provide nectar for pollinators. Beneficial caterpillar Host Plants for the Azure butterfly and more, nesting birds feed on the larvae and feed their hungry chicks.

Fall invites backyard birds to feast on the white fruit clusters. Even migrating birds will make a pit stop. Once winter arrives, you’ll be treated to the textured gray-brown bark with shallow grooves and plates, while revealing the canopy. You choose if your ornamental becomes a shrub or spreading tree with pruning!

Planting and Application:

Roughleaf Dogwood are beautiful accents near decks, patios, or often passed windows, where you’ll enjoy the songbirds fluttering among its branches, and butterflies flocking around the blooms. Plant where the gutters drain to create a Rain Garden that slows water and filters runoff.

The trees colonize by suckers when allowed, thriving in nature throughout moist woodlands, and along streams and ponds. Let form thickets for naturalizing areas or for erosion control. Creating easy-care habitat and birds cover, use as shelterbelts, privacy and screening, or windbreaks that also bumps curb appeal!

• Feed Waxwing, Robin, Finch, Grosbeak, Bluebird, Cardinal, Kingbird u0026amp; Woodpecker
• Erosion Control, Wetland Trees u0026amp; Wildlife Habitat
• Native Bees u0026amp; Pollinators
• Ornamental Yellowish-White Blooms u0026amp; White Berries
• Purple u0026amp; Red Fall Color

ProPlantTips for Care:

Dogwood are well-known for their moist to wet soil tolerance but are also quite low water usage once established. Plant in full sun in moist, cool climates, or in part to full shade in hot growing zones or drier locations. Easily train as a small tree or hedgerow with Pruning.

• Full Sun, Full Shade u0026amp; Partial Shade
• Widely Adaptable – Alkaline, Clay, Dry, Wet u0026amp; Cold
• Thrives in Wet Soils
• Mulch in Hot Climates u0026amp; Full Sun

The Audubon® Native Roughleaf Dogwood makes itself at home in your landscape, boosts curb appeal and wildlife diversity! Order bird-friendly habitat today at NatureHills.com!

Audubon® Plant Information

Bird-Friendly native trees and plants provide food and shelter for local and migrating birds, as well as other wildlife. By purchasing and planting native flora, you will support Audubon’s conservation mission and impact, while helping birds and wildlife thrive!

• Grown Without Neonicotinoids
• Audubon® is Licensed u0026amp; Registered to the National Audubon Society
• May Not Be Available in Non-Native Regions, States or Countries – Check Here
• Audubon® Native Plants u0026amp; Trees are Exclusively Grown by Bower u0026amp; Branch