Cherokee Daybreak Flowering Dogwood
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- spring flowers
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- early spring foliage
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- fall foliage
A small, slow growing, low branched tree with white bracts in the spring. The leaves are olive green, variegated with yellowish-white, sometimes tinged pink. The leaves tend to sunburn less at the edges than other cultivars. The fall color is pink to deep red. Flowering Dogwoods prefer moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Introduced in the late 1980's by Commercial Nursery as 'Daybreak'.
- Common Name: Cherokee Daybreak Flowering Dogwood
- Height: 20' tall
- Spread: 20' wide
- Type: Deciduous
- Zone: 5 - 9
