Muskingum® Dogwood

Cornus racemosa 'Muszam'

Exceptional multi-season display, the compact cultivar of the well-known Gray Twig Dogwood! Leverage the gorgeous ornamental attributes of Muskingum® Dogwood to improve your property. This is a shorter, spreading cultivar of a native shrub and you'll love the beautiful qualities of this selection all year round!

Muskingum® is a more compact form that remains shorter and beautifully spreading. As the springtime leaves unfurl, they also display a bronzy or reddish hue aging to a grayish green! It doesn't take long for the delicate flower clusters to cover the branch tips. You'll lose track of how many butterfly species come to visit these lilac-scented creamy flowers!

Muskingum® Dogwood truly is a resource plant for pollinators and songbirds. It's also a rugged shrub that controls erosion and covers the ground to suppress weeds. It looks refreshing and cool all summer with gray-green foliage. This widely adaptable choice thrives across most of the United States and puts up with some tough environmental challenges, too.

Fall is an especially pretty season of interest, as the leaves burnish into a glamorous dark red. The spring blooms have developed into a generous display of showy white berries that are relished by birds. Very cold-hardy throughout USDA growing zones 4 to 7, these keep their parent resilience and adaptability, growing just 2-3 feet in height and 4-5 feet in width for a wonderfully spreading form.