Common dogwood
Cornus sanguinea
In Dutch: Rode kornoelje
ShrubsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 1.5 to 3 m
- Spread
- 1.5 to 2.5 m
- Full grown after
- 5 to 10 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Moist and nutrient-rich, preferably with lime
- Water
- Average: water in long dry spells
- Maintenance
- Low: keep the suckers in check
- Flowers
- May and June, dull white
- For bees
- Little: some nectar and pollen, June
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- Berries bitter, can cause vomiting
- Pricks or stings
- No
- Price, young
- About €1.50 to €2.10 each, 60-100 cm, bare-root, from 10 plants
- Price, grown
- About €43.06 to €106.71 each, 150-200 cm, with a root ball
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- May to June
- Fruit
- September to October