European cornel
Cornus mas
In Dutch: Gele kornoelje
ShrubsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 2.5 to 4 m
- Spread
- 2.5 to 4 m
- Full grown after
- 10 to 20 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Sand, loam or clay, not too wet
- Water
- Average: once established it copes with drought
- Maintenance
- Low: pruning is rarely needed
- Flowers
- February to April, yellow
- For bees
- Yes: plenty of nectar and pollen, February and March
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No, as far as known
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €2.13 to €2.35 each, 60-90 cm, bare-root
- Price, grown
- About €84.15 to €100.88 each, 150-175 cm, field-grown or in a pot
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- February to April
- Fruit
- September