Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Flaviramea is commonly known as Yellow Twig Dogwood due to the yellow twigs instead of red.
Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. There are many varieties of Redosier Dogwood. Ive crossed a stream, several feet in the air on the trunks of bending native red-twig dogwood stems elsewhere here in western WA. It will be an informal hedge, but I dont want space between the shrubs either. Synonymous with and formerly known as Cornus stolonifera. Im about to order redtwig dogwoods (cornus stolonifera aka sericea 'cardinal') for a 50 long hedge. Red stems somewhat resemble the reddish stems of some osier willows, hence the common name of red osier dogwood. Fruit is quite attractive to birds and is generally considered to have as much if not more ornamental interest than the flowers. Flowers give way to clusters of whitish (sometimes with a bluish tinge) drupes in summer. Tiny, fragrant, white flowers appear in flat-topped clusters (cymes to 2.5” diameter) in late spring, with sparse, intermittent, additional flowering sometimes continuing into summer. Reddish stems turn bright red in winter and are particularly showy against a snowy backdrop. Ovate to lanceolate, medium to dark green leaves (2-5” long) acquire interesting shades of red to orange eventually fading to purple in autumn. With the exception of the lower midwest and deep South, this species is native to much of North America where it is typically found growing in wet swampy areas, wetland margins or along lakes and rivers. Cornus sericea, commonly known as red twig dogwood or red osier dogwood, is an upright-spreading, suckering shrub that typically grows in the absence of pruning to 6-9’ tall with a slightly larger spread.
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