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Flowering Dogwood
Latin Name:
Cornus florida
location:
the eastern and central United States
The Flowering Dogwood, which has for Latin name Cornus florida, lives around the eastern and central United States. It normally look like a small deciduous tree, making it a beautiful plant In the summer, its foliage changes to a new form, more or less opposite, simple leaves and in the automn it is more or less red or reddish purple. The Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida) has flowers that are flowers are small and yellowish green and contains fruits that are bright, shiny red fruits. An interesting characteristic it has is its bark, where we can see quite attractive on it. An important thing to know on the way it is cultured is that prefers a cool, moist, acidic soil that contains organic matter However, another characteristic with the Flowering Dogwood can be that flower buds can be killed or injured by cold in zone 5 You can recognize a Cornus florida having its flower buds large and flattened. The Flowering Dogwood's reproduction is done in a special way since it is done by seed
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