- Cornus mas
- Europe to Asia Minor
Genus
Cornus is the Old Latin name for cornelian cherry and belongs to the dogwood genus (dogwood).
Small deciduous trees up to ten meters high or large shrubs up to scht meters high, densely branched to the ground.
With 45 species of different sizes, shapes and colors, this genus forms great design elements, especially the flowering dogwoods with attractive flowers and bracts, bark color drawings; winter bloomers, hedge, solitary and ground cover plants in parks, gardens and in the landscape.
Information on the species
Cornus mas: Cornelian cherry; large shrub, usually with several strong basal shoots, often also tree-shaped and with a round crown; striking ornamental shrub
Bark: brownish red, somewhat scaly
Leaves : ovate to elliptical, up to ten centimetres long, green, wavy; yellow to red-orange in autumn
Flowers: bisexual, small, yellow; in terminal, spherical umbels before the leaves emerge, winter bloomer, February to April
Fruits: shiny red, egg-shaped, fleshy, two-centimetre-long, edible drupes, suitable for jam, juice and fruit wine
Characteristics: resistant to urban climates, drought-resistant, tolerates pruning, insect food, suitable as a specimen plant, mixed and border planting and hedge plant