![]() It’s also not picky about where it grows. It’s one of the most winter cold-hardy plants you can buy, thriving even in those northernmost climates where minimum winter temperatures plunge as low as -30F. These features are driven by the rich polyphenolic composition, with anthocyanins and iridoids in Cornelian cherry fruits as well as flavonoids. Its green leaves and reddish oval fruits are associated with many beneficial properties such as antioxidative and anti-inflammatory effects. Common name refers to the cherry-like fruits which resemble in color the semi-precious gemstone carnelian (or cornelian). It’s these aspects of year-round appeal that helped qualify Cornus mas to become a 1999 Cary Award winnera well-deserved honor. Cornus mas, also known as the Cornelian cherry, is a plant that grows in Eastern Europe and the Middle East. ![]() This name was applied to this plant because it was seen as the opposite of Cornus sanguinea, known as the female or wild cornel. The specific epithet mas means "masculine" or "male". Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Cornus kousa Cornus controversa Flowers: Dogwoods bloom in early spring and summer. Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. Fruits may be used for making syrups and preserves. Fruits are edible, although sour tasting fresh off the plant. Fruits are ellipsoid, fleshy, one-seeded berries (drupes to 5/8" long) which mature to cherry red in mid-summer. The green foliage is 2 to 4 inches long, presenting in an opposite leaf arrangement. The growth habit is usually round or oval in shape. Cornus alternifolia ‘Argentea’ is a variegated form with white and green leaves that is rare in cultivation. The Cornelian cherry dogwood (Cornus mas) is a large multi-stemed deciduous shrub that is sometimes trained as a small tree. Foliage is green and fall color is red to purple. Small creamy white flowers in flat clusters bloom in June. Ovate to elliptic dark green leaves (to 4" long) typically develop insignificant fall color. Small tree that grows with a tiered habit like a pagoda. Each umbel is surrounded at the base by small, yellowish, petaloid bracts which are much less showy than the large decorative bracts found on some other species of dogwood such as Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) and Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood). Yellow flowers on short stalks bloom in early spring before the leaves emerge in dense, showy, rounded clusters (umbels to 3/4" wide). Scaly, exfoliating bark develops on mature trunks. It typically grows over time to 15-25' tall with a spread to 12-20' wide. Cornus mas, commonly known as cornelian cherry, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to central and southern Europe into western Asia.
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