With its different varieties, the tiered dogwood offers a wide range of gardening design options. Here you can find out what each variant has to offer and which dogwood varieties are particularly popular.
Which dogwood varieties are particularly popular?
Popular tiered dogwood varieties are “Variegata” with white-edged leaves, the tiered “Pagoda”, the decorative “Marginata” with multi-colored leaves and the slow-growing “Gosia”. All varieties offer different design options in the garden or as a bonsai.
What type of dogwood is the tiered dogwood?
The tiered dogwood is the dogwood variety Cornus controversa. You will find what you are looking for in specialist shops under this unique botanical name. You will find that there are many different varieties of dogwood. These differ visually as well as in terms of leaves and inflorescences. In addition to the name tiered dogwood, this variety of dogwood is also known by the following names:
- Pagoda Dogwood
- Giant dogfish
Which variety of dogwood is particularly popular?
The “Variegata” variety in particular is often used for planting in gardens. The comparatively narrow leaves of this variant have a white edge. This offers the concrete advantage that you can also use this variant specifically to brighten darker, partially shaded corners of the garden. These are the typical characteristics of what is probably the most popular tiered dogwood variety:
- Growth habit: tiered, spreading growth
- Flower color: cream white
- Growth height: 3.5 to 6 meters
Which variety has the most distinctive growth?
The tiered growth of the tiered dogwood is particularly pronounced in the variety“Pagoda” This plant can reach a growth width of up to six meters. The branches grow beautifully horizontally, resulting in an almost ideal growth form. If you want to have them in your garden and perhaps even plant the dogwood as a specimen, the Pagoda variety is without a doubt a good choice. The variety also promises great autumn color.
Which tiered dogwood is particularly decorative?
The varieties“Marginata” and “Gosia”, among others, are considered to be extremely decorative. Almost all varieties of dogwood promise you decorative growth after planting. In this case, however, you can look forward to an attractive multi-colored leaf color. The leaves of the “Marginata” variety are white and pinkish-red and are a special eye-catcher. “Gosia” offers you green leaves with a yellowish tint.
Which variety grows particularly slowly?
With the popular variety“Gosia” you have a dogwood that grows particularly slowly. As a rule, in a suitable location, this plant grows to a height of around ten meters within the first ten years. So you can move at eye level with your little tree in the first decade.
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Use floor dogwood varieties as bonsai
Among the tiered dogwoods are some of the most decorative dogwoods of all. This not only qualifies the tree for planting in the garden. You can also cultivate it as a bonsai.
