Cornus Florida

Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov

Shrubs, Trees, Tree, Native Plant

Perennial, Woody

12-36 ft.

Blooms early spring before leaf-out, March-May, the true flowers at the center, are green and insignificant, but are surrounded by 4 petal-like 2 inch long bracts, notched at the ends, that are often mistaken for the actual flowers. Flower buds are round and flattened at the ends of stems, (many) greenish-yellow; bud is biscuit-shaped, glabrous and flattened, gray-green, at branch ends, covered by 2 large silky scales becoming 2 of the showy white bracts., Flowers 3 inches

Fruit is a glossy bright, shiny red, oval drupes (0.5" )in tight clusters of 3 or 4 that are bitter and inedible to humans but loved by birds. They display from August to October., Red 1/2 inch