Dogwood
Cornus mas L.
- light
- Sun–part
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 6.1 m
- wide
- 5.3 m
Cornaceae
Also called Cornelian cherry, Cornelian cherry dogwood, Cornelian-cherry, European cornel
Formerly Cornus erythrocarpa, Cornus homerica, Cornus mascula, Cornus nudiflora, and 4 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- TreeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Europe to CaucasusKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Full sun to part shade (3 h or more)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 4.6 m to 7.6 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 4.6 m to 6.1 mRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- YellowRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -34.4 °C (USDA zone 4a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Croatian
- Drenjine, Drijenak, Drijen
- Upper Sorbian
- Zažny drěn
- Hungarian
- húsos som
- Japanese
- セイヨウサンシュユ
- Georgian
- შვინდი, ჩვეულებრივი შინდი
- lbe
- Жунав
- Lombard
- Cornàl
- Lithuanian
- Geltonoji sedula, Geltonžiedė sedula
- Macedonian
- Дрен, обичен дрен
- Dutch
- gele kornoelje, Gele kornoelje, Gele Kornoelje
- Picard
- Cornilho
- Polish
- dereń Jadalny, dereń Właściwy
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Cornus mas (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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