Life Form:

Deciduous tree

Average Height:

15-20'

Bark Characteristics:

Smooth and gray with warts.

Bloom Characteristics:

22 yellow green flowers in a cluster surrounded by 4 white bracts. 4" wide overall.

Fall Color:

Red

Foliage Characteristics:

Simple, opposite, broadly ovate, with hairs on underside of leaf veins. Entire, slightly undulate margins. 5" long.

Fruit Characteristics:

Red drupe.

Structure:

Round

Range:

Cultivated

Description:

This flowering dogwood cultivar has better resistance to powdery mildew than any other white flowering dogwood.

Hardiness:

-20 - 20 F

Attracts:

Attracts birds with fruit and shelter; butterflies with nectar and as a host.

Bloom Time:

April

Provenance:

From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

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Common Name:

flowering dogwood 'Jean's Appalachian Snow'

Group:

[vascular plants]

Class:

Equisetopsida

Subclass:

Magnoliidae

Superorder:

Asteranae

Order:

Cornales

Family:

Cornaceae

Genus:

Cornus

Species:

florida

Accession Number:

2012-1452A

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

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On Display:

National Museum of Natural History

Data Source:

Smithsonian Gardens

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax72f5d3f52-fb80-4fa7-8daa-bfb3bb5dcf3e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:ofeo-sg_2012-1452A