Vigorous deciduous shrub grown specifically for its brilliant sealing-wax red young winter stems. Bare scarlet bark against snow or grey winter sky is its single most important garden function.
Hardiness ratings
| System | Rating | Temperature range | How to read it |
|---|---|---|---|
| USDA hardiness zone | Zone 3–7 | −40 °C to −12.2 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| RHS hardiness rating | H7 | down to −20 °C | Plant needs at least this level of cold tolerance |
| Canadian plant hardiness zone | Zone 3–7 | −34 °C to −7 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
| Australian (ANBG) zone | Zone 1–5 | −15 °C to 10 °C | Plant tolerates down to this zone |
Growing notes
- Brilliant scarlet young stems all winter — the principal red-stemmed dogwood, planted specifically for the cold-season display
- Coppice or hard prune in late winter every year or two to keep the strongest red colour on vigorous one-year wood
- Tolerates wet ground — useful at stream and pond margins
- Distinct from the dogwood-common and dogwood-red-osier entries already in the database
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