| Scientific Name: | Cornus kousa var. chinensis |
| Common Name: | Chinese dogwood, kousa dogwood |
| Family Name: | Cornaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin, S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 7 - 10m x 7 - 10m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Open, Upright |
| Form: | Oval - horizontal, Vase |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Fall interest, Specimen plant |
| Exposure: | Full sun, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Acidic, Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Pinnate venation, Pubescent, Elliptic, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, Pink, Jun-Jul |
| Fruit: | Drupe, Edible, Multiple fruit, Red, Aug-Sep |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves opposite, elliptic-broadly ovate, 10-14cm long x 4-8cm wide, 4–6 major veins per side (1 near margin), margins entire and cupped upwards; inflorescence 9-14mm wide, florets 40-75, bracts overlapping, 5-7cm long x 4-6cm wide, white and often turning pink with age (bract tips are pointed compared to those of C. florida which are rounded with a cleft); multiple fruit, red, rounded, 15-25mm wide with 1-3 stones. Winter ID: bark mottled and exfoliating, twigs dark reddish-brown, pubescent, leaf scars opposite, lateral buds minute, globose base with pointed tip; terminal leaf buds valvate, ovoid, about 8mm long; inflorescence buds tear drop-shaped (not as flattened as <a href ='https://www.google.com/search?q=cornus+florida+buds' target='_blank'>C. florida</a>), about 6mm long. | |