Cornus 'Porlock'
Common name: 
Porlock Dogwood
Pronunciation: 
KOR-nus
Family: 
Cornaceae
Genus: 
Cornus
Type: 
Broadleaf
Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: 
No
  • Broadleaf, evergreen or semi-evergreen, small tree, 15-20 ft high, 12 ft wide.  Leaves opposite, simple, with a smooth margin.  Flowers (bracts) white, later turning pink.  Fruit globose, red; ripens in autumn.
  • Sun to part shade, well-drained soil
  • Hardy to USDA Zone (6)7
  • Hybrid origin: Arose in 1958 as a seedling in the garden of Norman Hadden, in West Porlock, Somerset, England.  Considered to be a cross of Cornus kuosa (deciduous) × Cornus capitata (evergreen).  Of the same parentage as the ‘Norman Hadden’ dogwood, which is somewhat smaller and more shrub like.
  • Oregon State Univ. campus:  front of Rogers Hall, close to Monroe Ave. 

 

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    plant habit, flowering

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    flowers

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    flower (bracts)

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    elongdating shoot