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Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire in the GardenTags plant encyclopedia

Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'

 

Red-twig Dogwood 'Midwinter Fire'

Cornus is commonly known as dogwood, the varieties of which can be distinguished by their blossoms, berries, and bark. They are deciduous trees or shrubs, but a few species are perennial sub-shrubs, and some of the woody types are evergreen. Several varieties produce inconspicuous flowers. 'Midwinter fire' has oval, mid-green leaves and produces small, creamy-white flowers in early summer and flame-coloured stems that are revealed when the leaves drop, which turn orange-yellow in autumn.

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plant Features
  • Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

  • Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

 
plant information

Common name

Red-twig Dogwood 'Midwinter Fire'

Latin name

Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'

type

Trees or Shrubs

family

Cornaceae

ph

5.0 - 8.0 Acid - Neutral

  • Light

    Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire likes full sun to partial shade

    Full sun to partial shade

  • Frost

    Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire is full frost hardy: 5f (-15°c)

    Full Frost Hardy: 5F (-15°C)

  • Soil

    Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire likes moist and free draining

    Moist and free draining

  • Water

    Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire likes occasional watering

    Occasional watering

Plant & bloom calendar

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    Best time to plant

full grown dimensions

The size of a fully grown Red-twig Dogwood Midwinter Fire is 1.50meters x 1.50meters 1.50 M 1.50 M

Cornus sanguinea 'Midwinter Fire'

Cornus is commonly known as dogwood, the varieties of which can be distinguished by their blossoms, berries, and bark. They are deciduous trees or shrubs, but a few species are perennial sub-shrubs, and some of the woody types are evergreen. Several varieties produce inconspicuous flowers. 'Midwinter fire' has oval, mid-green leaves and produces small, creamy-white flowers in early summer and flame-coloured stems that are revealed when the leaves drop, which turn orange-yellow in autumn.


Planting

From Late Winter TO Early Spring

Shrubby dogwoods grown for their winter stem colour (Cornus alba, C. sericea and C. sanguinea cvs.) are unfussy about their soil conditions, but they are able to thrive in damp conditions where other shrubs might fail. C. controversa (the wedding cake tree), C. alternifolia (the pagoda dogwood), C. mas (the cornelian cherry) and C. officinalis are also tolerant of a range of soil conditions. Flowering dogwoods Cornus florida, C. kousa, C. capitata and C. nuttallii do best in well-drained but fertile soil that is rich in organic matter and neutral to acid in pH. C. kousa (from Korea and Japan), is more tolerant of neutral to alkaline conditions than are the North American species C. florida and C. nuttallii. All Cornus species will tolerate full sun or partial shade, but those grown for their winter stem colour show better colour when grown in full sun.

 

Propagation

From Mid Spring TO Early Summer

Species plants can be propagated from seed, but named cultivars will not come true to type from seed and are better propagated from hardwood or greenwood cuttings. Variegated cultivars of C. controversa (the wedding cake tree) and C. alternifolia (the pagoda dogwood) are usually grafted commercially in winter, but may also be propagated at home from cuttings.

 
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