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This planting recommendation is made by Becky Koepke, a graduate assistant in the University of Tennessee Department of Plant Sciences.

Kousa dogwood, also known commonly as Chinese or Japanese dogwood is an
exceptional small landscape tree with four-season interest. Botanically
named Cornus kousa, this dogwood produces a multitude of showy,
long-lasting, white flowers in late spring, after our common flowering
dogwood (Cornus florida) has finished blooming. Also, kousa dogwood is
multi-branched, creating an interesting texture. Finally, older trees have
a very decorative, mottled bark.

As the kousa’s blooms fade in the spring, the dogwood’s attractive
dark-green or variegated foliage is revealed. Globular green fruits then
appear and turn to pink, then dull red in September, resembling large
solitary upright raspberries on a two-inch peduncle.

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Magazine:
Tennessee Home & Farm, Fall 2010 Edition Edition

Headline:
UT Gardens’ Plant of the Month

Summary:
The Kousa dogwood offers a four-season beauty, but is especially gorgeous during its blooming period in the spring.

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