White Dogwood Bonsai

Yet as bonsai they re hard to come by and not so easy to develop.
White dogwood bonsai. I ve been wanting a dogwood bonsai for a while now mostly because the town we live in milwaukie oregon minutes outside of portland is known as the dogwood city of the west. This tree was imported by joe harris which he used as a demo tree at. We recently added a dogwood cornus kousa to our collection at rakuyo. Yet they re uncommon as bonsai.
It gets beautiful white flowers in the spring followed by red berries in the fall. The red fruit on dogwoods is a bird. The flowering dogwood cornus florida is a southern icon. Dogwood cornus is one of those species that just about anyone you ask would say they d love to have one.
Dogwood trees are native to eastern asia and make for gorgeous bonsai trees. The kousa dogwood cornus chinensis is a deciduous tree native to eastern asia. The trunk of this tree has exfoliating bark which gives it an old look very early. Their cousin the roughleaf dogwood cornus drummondii on the other hand is a delight as a bonsai subject.
These trees produce large four petaled flowers in late spring producing an extremely flashy tree. The tree is extremely showy when in bloom but what appear to be four petalled white flowers are actually bracts spread open below the cluster of inconspicuous yellow green flowers. Like most dogwoods it has opposite simple leaves. White dogwood tree cornus florida seeds by robsrareandgiantseeds upc0764425788386 non gmo organic usa grower bonsai rapid growing tree four season appeal 1193 package of 10 seeds they re more than just large fragrant blooms four season appeal they have a rich history.
After the flowers die back a large red berry remains.