Cornus kousa 'Gold Star'
Common name: 
Gold Star Dogwood
Pronunciation: 
KOR-nus KOO-sa
Family: 
Cornaceae
Genus: 
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Green leaves with each one having an irregular blotch of butter-yellow in its center, has typical white bracts and red fruit.  May revert back to green shoots.
  • Apparently does not scorch in full sun, at least in the Northeast and Midwest (Jacobson, 1996).
  • Hardy to USDA Zone (4)5   Introduced about 1977 in Japan and in commerce in the U.S. in 1983.
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