Cornus florida 'Comco No.1' CHEROKEE BRAVE
Object Details
- Description
- This understory tree is a dogwood cultivar with red bracts around its flower clusters. It is drought tolerant and resistant to powdery mildew. This dogwood is considered to have better red color in its bracts than any other pink-red flowering dogwood cultivar.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 30 F
- Attracts
- Birds, butterflies
- Bloom Time
- May
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2020-0348A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Bark Characteristics
- Young: grey, smooth Mature: Grey-brown, grooved squares
- Bloom Characteristics
- Compound flowers are surrounded by red bracts which fade to white towards the center.
- Fall Color
- Red
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, ovate, green leaves
- Fruit Characteristics
- Shinny, red fruits in summer
- Plant Size
- 15-30' tall x 25-35' wide (4.6-9.1 x 7.6-10.7 m)
- Structure
- Broadly pyramidal
- Range
- cultivated
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- Common Name
- Flowering dogwood cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Cornales
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
- Species
- florida
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2020-0348A
