Taylor County Land Conservation
Gray Dogwood
Gray Dogwood
All prices include applicable sales taxes.
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Each bundle contains 25 seedlings.
Scientific Name: Cornus racemosa
Mature Height: 10-15 feet
Mature Spread: 10-15 feet
Hardiness: Zones 4-8
Soil: Easily grown in average, medium, well-drained soil. Tolerates moist to somewhat dry soils.
Light: Full sun to shade
Growth Rate: Slow
Additional Information: Blooms with white flowers in June. White fruit about 1/4" in diameter feed mammals and more than 100 species of birds including cardinals, downy woodpeckers, northern flicker and bluebirds. Foliage turns purplish red in fall.
Works well as a shrub border, screen, along streams or ponds, erosion control, rain gardens or for wildlife habitat. Will spread to form thickets if root suckers are not removed. This thick growth makes it an ideal candidate to plant after an invasive buckthorn removal project as well as any restoration project on a disturbed site.
Tolerates deer browsing.
Estimated Seedling Size: 1-0 seedlings, 12-18”.
Pick-up in late April/early May
Pick-up in late April/early May
Seedling orders must be picked up in person in late April or early May in Medford or Phillips, Wisconsin. Taylor County LCD does not ship trees, shrubs or planting products to individual customers.
The exact pick-up dates will be sent out in early April by email and/or USPS mail. The tree pick-up schedule has typically been on a Thursday, 3-6 p.m. and Friday, 8-11 a.m., for Medford orders and Friday from 8:30-11 a.m. for Phillips orders. If you are unable to pick up your order during those days/times, you may send another person to the pick-up or contact the Taylor County LCD at 715-748-1469 to make other arrangements.
