The Midwinter Fire Dogwood has some of the brightest stems in our Northwest grey winter garden. It really is an eye catcher, plus has multiple seasons of interest. Facts: Cornus sanguinea ‘Midwinter Fire’ Common Name: blood twig dogwood Type: Deciduous shrub Family: Cornaceae Zone: 5 to 7 Height: 5 to 7 feet Spread: 5 to 6 feet Bloom Time: May to June Bloom Description: White Sun: Full sun to part shade Water: Medium Maintenance: Low Suggested Use: Hedge, Rain Garden Flower: Showy, Fragrant Leaf: Good Fall Attracts: Birds, Butterflies Fruit: Showy Other: Winter Interest Tolerate: Deer, Erosion Culture Best grown in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Tolerant of a wide range of soils. Prefers consistently moist, well-drained soils. Suckers freely to form colonies unless root suckers are removed. Best winter stem color occurs on young stems. Although pruning is not required, many gardeners choose to cut back all plant stems to 1 in late winter each year to promote the best winter stem color. Another pruning option is to remove 20-25% of the oldest stems in early spring each year. Any loss of flowers through spring pruning is not terribly significant since the small flowers of this dogwood are rather ordinary. Noteworthy Characteristics Midwinter Fire is a bloodtwig dogwood cultivar that is noted for its colorful stems and twigs in winter. It is a multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to 5 tall and 6 wide over 8 years. The outstanding ornamental features of this cultivar are: (1) yellow winter stems which are tipped with red twigs and (2) golden yellow fall foliage color. Tiny white flowers appear in flat-topped clusters in late spring. Flowers give way to clusters of dark purple drupes in summer. Fruit is not showy, but is attractive to birds. Fall color is golden yellow.
Posted on: Sat, 03 Jan 2015 14:00:00 +0000
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