Irish wildflowers BSBI map

Red-osier Dogwood, Cornus sericea
Photographs: the Gearagh, Co. Cork

Red-osier Dogwood
Cornus sericea

Family: Cornaceae


Flowering: May-July. Deciduous shrub. Introduced

Similar to Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea but the leaves are broader with more pairs of veins. The flowers have smaller petals and are followed by white berries in the autumn. Suckering growth habit, the stems turning red in the winter

Frequently planted in gardens and parks and naturalised throughout Ireland in damp woods, by rivers and on roadsides

Similar: Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea has black fruit.

Red-osier Dogwood, Cornus sericea

Red-osier Dogwood, Cornus sericea
Red-osier Dogwood, Cornus sericea

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