Spring is the time when our trees burst into flower, and when we feel the surge of life return to our gardens. It will liven up your spring garden and bring joy to everyone who sees it. This variety is disease resistant and sturdy in growth and is superior to other varieties of pink flowering dogwoods. Keep it well watered for the first year or two – once it is well established it will survive regular summer dryness with ease.
CHEROKEE BRAVE DOGWOOD FULL
Plant the Cherokee Brave Flowering Dogwood in full sun or partial shade, in soil you have enriched with organic material.
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It will grow in most soils and is more drought-resistant than other types of flowering dogwoods. It is hardy to minus 20, so it can be grown in almost all parts of the country, and it thrives in both cooler and warmer zones. The Cherokee Brave Flowering Dogwood is a spectacular spring-flowering small tree growing to around 25 feet, suitable as a lawn specimen, planted among other small trees and shrubs, or planted in a natural way along the margins of wooded areas.
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We've gotta protect good ole' Mother Nature, after all. While we wish we could serve everyone, it's for the safety of native species and helps prevent the spread of invasive disease & pests. The short & sweet answer is: "United States Department of Agriculture Restrictions." Every state has their own unique USDA restrictions on which plants they allow to come into their state. You will receive email notifications along the way on the progress of your order, as well as tracking information to track your plants all the way to their new home! Why are some states excluded from shipping? Orders typically ship out within 2 business days. How does the delivery process work?Īll of our orders ship via FedEx Ground! Once your order is placed online, our magic elves get right to work picking, staging, boxing and shipping your trees. You'll find we carry young 1-gallons, up to more mature 7-gallons ranging anywhere from 6 inches to 6ft. While the industry-standard terminology is to call the sizes "Gallon Containers", that doesn't exactly translate to the traditional liquid "gallon" size we think of. Nursery containers come in a variety of different sizes, and old-school nursery slang has stuck. Flowers feature red bracts that fade to white in the center.All tree, and nothin' but the tree! We measure from the top of the soil to the top of the tree the height of the container or the root system is never included in our measurements. 1' is a red-bracted flowering dogwood that is commonly sold under the trade name of CHEROKEE BRAVE. Common name of dogwood is in probable reference to an old-time use of hard slender stems from this tree for making skewers once known as dags or dogs.
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Specific epithet comes from the Latin word flos flower in reference to its attractive spring flowers. Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. Fruits mature in late summer to early fall and may persist until late in the year. Bright red fruits are bitter and inedible to humans (some authors say poisonous) but are loved by birds. Oval, dark green leaves (3-6” long) turn attractive shades of red in fall. However, each flower cluster is surrounded by four showy, white, petal-like bracts which open flat, giving the appearance of a single, large, 3-4” diameter, 4-petaled, white flower. The true dogwood flowers are actually tiny, yellowish green and insignificant, being compacted into button-like clusters. It blooms in early spring (April) shortly after, but usually overlapping, the bloom period of the redbuds. It is the state tree of Missouri and Virginia. It is native from Maine to southern Ontario to Illinois to Kansas south to Florida, Texas and Mexico. It arguably may be the most beautiful of the native American flowering trees. Cornus florida, commonly known as flowering dogwood, is a small deciduous tree that typically grows 15-30’ tall with a low-branching, broadly-pyramidal but somewhat flat-topped habit.