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Cornus ‘Summer Gold’
Cornus kousa
Cornus kousa ‘Summer Gold’ is a sport from a seedling crop of Cornus kousa. Distinctly upright in form, as opposed to other gold-variegated dogwoods, ‘Summer Gold’ has uniform yellow variegation, uncrinkled leaves and a strong growing habit.(Z4-8). This colorful selection has eye catching mid green foliage with colorful broad golden yellow margins. In early spring this elegant tree is a mass of four pedaled bracts which in appearance are like creamy flowers. Summer foliage bushes soft flamingo pink transforming to a fabulous flaming red by fall.
‘Summer Gold’ has much better summer variegation than other C. Kousa selections. A a unique and showy small tree for woodlands edge or as an ornamental specime tree for the modern garden. ‘Summer Gold’ is the perfect tree for smaller yards.
Origin: USA
Description / Plant Notes:
- USDA Zone 4 (-30°F or -34°C)
- Creamy white bracts cover the tree in early spring
- Deciduous foliage, mid-green with colorful broad golden-yellow margins
- Foliage blushes soft flamingo pink transforming to a fabulous flaming red by fall
- Vigorous growth rate
- Tidy rounded habit 8′ x 4′
Patent Status: PP 22,765
| USDA Zone: | 4 - 9 |
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| Height: | 84 to 96-inches 213 to 244-centimeters |
| Spread: | 36 to 48-inches 91 to 122-centimeters |
| Seasons: | Early Spring, Spring |
| Flower Colors: | White |
| Foliage Colors: | Green, Gold |
| Light Levels: | Full-Sun |
| Growth Habit: | Upright-Mounded |
| Usage: | Containers, Garden border, Gardens, Hedging, Landscapes, Mass landscape planting, Pots |
| Patent Status: | PP 22,765 |
| Origin: | USA |
Grower Culture |
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| Media: | Well-draining media |
| Water: | Well-Drained to Moderate |
| Crop Timing from Rooted Liners: |
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| 3-gallon: | 78 to 104-weeks with 1 ppp |