| Scientific Name: | Cornus x rutgersensis 'Rutcan' |
| Common Name: | Constellation dogwood |
| Family Name: | Cornaceae |
| Origin: | Garden origin |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 5: (-29 to -23 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Accent plant, Attract birds, Attract butterflies, Fall interest, Small garden/space, Specimen plant, Woodland margin |
| Exposure: | Full sun only if soil kept moist, Part sun/part shade |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Opposite, Soft flexible, Heavily veined, Pubescent, Ovate, Entire |
| Flowers: | Spike, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Aborted (hybrids) or absent |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Mature habit with low, tiered horizontal branching; new growth reddish; leaves ovate, most blades 5-11cm long x 3-7cm wide, lower surface slightly pubescent; 4 floral bracts, most obovate, 4-6cm long x 4-5cm wide, non- overlapping; fruit absent. Winter ID: swooping branches with dark red-purple pubescent twigs, leaf scars opposite, shelf-like (perpendicular to stem), lateral buds minute, terminal leaf buds tear drop shaped, inflorescence buds dome-shaped with many floret bud bumps, surrounded by 4 triangular pubescent bracts about 4mm long. | |