New growth purple in spring and some color retained through the summer.

A beautiful and vigorous gold-foliaged variety with typical pink flowers.

Showy pink flowers before the heart-shaped leaves in early spring. Selected in Minnesota.

A weeping form with a stronger central leader than other pendulous varieties. New growth emerges red and foliage is smaller than the species. Lavender-pink flowers before the foliage in early spring.

A striking foliage selection with amber leaves in spring turning gold then lime-green then back to gold in the autumn.

Profuse small white flowers appear before this small tree leaves out with large heart-shaped leaves. A beautiful addition to the woodland garden!

Lavender-pink flowers before the large maroon purple foliage on a weeping plant!

A low-growing variety with bright orange flowers in early spring.

Lovely peachy pink double flowers in early spring. Large yellow fruit in fall. Habit is low and spreading.

Upright grower with pink, white and red flowers on the same branch.

Similar to C. ‘Gold Mops’, perhaps a bit more compact and a bit more lime green in the summer.  Hardy and sun tolerant.

Fragrant, white flowers hang in lacy clusters in late spring before the leaves appear. Multi-branched and slow-growing to 25′. Very attractive. Native.

This selection has showy large, fragrant white flowers.

The most compact of the summersweets. Fragrant white flower spikes and shiny deep green foliage. Prefers consistently moist soil.

A floriferous compact form with flower racemes twice as long as the species.

The deepest pink cultivar now available. Shiny deep green foliage on a suckering plant. Makes a fragrant hedge. Prefers consistently moist soil.

Horizontally drooping, fragrant white flower spikes in July on a large upright shrub.  Added interest comes from exfoliating bark and glossy foliage which turns yellow in the fall.

Beautiful variegated foliage is pink, green and white in the spring maturing to green and white.  Form and flowers typical of the species.

Aromatic fern-like foliage on flat-topped mound. Good naturalizing shade plant for acid or infertile soils. Suckers.

A selection of yellowtwig dogwood with better disease resistance than older varieties.  Great for naturalizing in moist areas.  Cut back regularly for more yellow stems.

Large bright yellow leaves in spring and bright orange-red stems in winter. Its foliage turns fiery red in the fall. Excellent for color contrast in mixed borders.

A dwarf, dense-growing form with clean green foliage through the summer and bright red twigs in the winter.

Like C. alba ‘Golden Prairie Fire’, this cultivar has chartreuse foliage, red stems and great fall color, but habit is more compact.

Native tree with horizontal branching and interesting black fruit.

The variegated form of our native species with the same layered growth habit. Slow-growing, but worth the wait.

A beautifully variegated version of our native pagoda dogwood with gold edged green leaves. Thriving in most gardens and flowering in spring with clusters of small creamy flowers that turn into tasty fruit for the birds.

A vigorous new variegated cultivar from Handy Nursery with light green leaves edged in light yellow.

A variegated selection with horizontally spreading branches. The foliage is gold with green centers. White flowers with red fruit turning to blue-black in fall.

Leaves have creamy margins on this smaller tree with red stems and creamy-white flowers in flattened clusters turning into black berries loved by the birds.

Striking bright red flower bracts in spring.  New foliage is also tinted red and fall color is maroon red.  Red berries in the fall.  Gray bark is also attractive.

A dwarf cultivar with typical large white bracts in spring on a more compact, denser-growing plant.  Foliage purple in the autumn.

A striking sport of C. Satomi with green foliage edged in white and white bracts in spring fading to pink.  Foliage also takes on a pink tinge as the season progresses turning to purple in the fall.  Habit is tidy and compact.

A dwarf form with abundant small white flowers and typical red fruit.  Very cute!

A fast-growing, vigorous selection with dark green wavy foliage and creamy bracts. Habit is vase-shaped.

Striking pink flower bracts in spring and rich maroon fall color. Form is upright and spreading.

An intro from Rutgers University with glowing deep pink star-like bracts for a long period in the spring.  New growth tinged purple and fall color is red.

A very floriferous hybrid with lovely pink bracts blending to deeper pink at the edges.  Habit is dense and compact and fall color is red.  Listed at Zone 6, we’re going to see if it is hardier!

A new hardy hybrid covered with large white flowers in the spring. Anthracnose resistant and drought tolerant.

Early small yellow flowers before leaves followed by bright cherry-red fruit in the summer. Rich brown exfoliating bark.

Cultivar with white and green variegated leaves.

A floriferous hybrid between the eastern and western flowering dogwood with large, showy white bracts in spring.  Forms a narrow pyramid with attractive layered branching.

Dwarf shrub with irregular spreading habit and clean foliage. New growth is tipped in red.

Forming a thicket with blue-green foliage, clusters of white flowers in spring turning into white berries loved by birds.

A compact selection with bright red stems and bright yellow fall color.

Slow-growing fastigiate specimen with unusual contorted foliage. Great purple fall color.

A more compact cultivar with typical bright red twigs, white flowers and brick red fall color.

A selection from Proven Winners with dense, glossy puckered foliage that is resistant to leaf spot.

Large and abundant creamy-white flowers.

A disease resistant upright tree with yellow and green variegated foliage. It has large white bracts in May or June. The foliage turns orange and red in the fall. It prefers full sun to partial shade, in a rich, well-drained soil. It is a sport of Cornus X ‘Celestial’ (a hybrid between our native C. […]

A cultivar with dissected burgundy leaves on an upright spreading plant.  Red catkins provide interest in early spring.  Disease-resistant selection from Oregon State University.