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Swamp Dogwood Bush

Cornus amomum subsp. obliqua
$6959 $7999
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Plant Highlights

Swamp Dogwood Bush highlights at a glance!

Plant Highlights

  • Brand
    Nature Hills' Choice
  • Botanical Name
    Cornus amomum subsp. obliqua
  • Growing Zones
    4 - 8
  • Mature Height
    6 - 10 Feet
  • Mature Spread
    5 - 8 Feet
  • Sun Exposure
    Full Sun, Partial Shade
  • Moisture
    Mediem-Wet
  • Soil
    Well Drained Soil
  • Growth Rate
    Medium
  • Flower Color
    Yellow
  • Fall Color
    Purple, Yellow
  • Pollinator Friendly
    Yes
  • Pollinator Required
    No
  • Fragrant
    Yes
  • Pruning Time
    Late Winter
  • Bloom Period
    Late Spring

Native wetland flowering shrubs, the Swamp Dogwood Bush (Cornus amomum subsp. obliqua) features textured green leaves that appear in pairs along the shrubby branches and display purplish-brown new growth at the start of the growing season!

Backed by this verdant display, you and your pollinators will enjoy the white flower clusters that are a boon to Pollinator and your summer garden! Growing upright, with a looser growth habit and multiple stems, these create an open and rounded appearance!

Also known as Pale Dogwood bushes, autumn brings great fall color and a generous crop of beautiful blue berries! The berries are highly beneficial to songbirds and put on a show of fall and winter interest. Growing to a 6-10 foot tall and 5-8 foot wide shrub, these highly adaptable deciduous natives thrive throughout USDA hardiness zones 4 to 8.

Planting and Application:

As their name implies, Swamp Dogwoods are typically found in swamps, marshes, moist borders, floodplains, meadows, prairies, and along streams. Well-known as a Bog Plant and around ponds, the roots stabilize soil along water features. You'll find these wetland plants doing beautifully where the gutters drain or in Rain Gardens!

Dogwood shrubs spread to form thickets if left to their own devices, and the branches may form roots at the tips or nodes where they touch the ground. Allow them to form fast shelterbelts, and hedges, for wildlife and naturalizing, erosion control, and steep slopes. Wonderful in regular garden conditions, create native screening hedges and shelterbelts with these easy mass-planting shrubs! Benefitting songbirds by providing food, cover, and sheltered nesting sites!

  • Creamy Yellowish-White Flower Clusters Pollinators Love
  • Textured Green Leaves
  • Colorful New Growth & Great Fall Color
  • Grows In Moist to Wet Soil Conditions & Rain Gardens
  • Hedges, Water Features, Erosion & Native Naturalizing

#ProPlantTips for Care:

These native Dogwood are highly adaptable, growing in full sun to full shade. You'll enjoy more blooms and color in more sun. Perfect for use in poorly drained sites and more alkaline sites. Swamp Dogwood prefers non-stagnant locations with organically rich, and slightly acidic soils. The shallow spreading root system of this deciduous flowering native shrub appreciates mulched beds in drier soil conditions. Prune in late winter to correct shape and control size.

  • Full Sun, Partial Shade & Full Shade
  • Moist to Wet Well-Drained Soil
  • Tolerates Poor Drainage & Alkaline Conditions
  • Prune Late Winter/Early Spring
  • No Serious Insect or Disease Problems

Fantastic wetland natives and bird-friendly food and habitat, the easy-care Swamp Dogwood fills your landscape with fast cover, privacy, and rugged beauty! Order at NatureHills.com today!

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Swamp Dogwood Bush

$6959 $7999

Native wetland flowering shrubs, the Swamp Dogwood Bush (Cornus amomum subsp. obliqua) features textured green leaves that appear in pairs along the shrubby branches and display purplish-brown new growth at the start of the growing season!

Backed by this verdant display, you and your pollinators will enjoy the white flower clusters that are a boon to Pollinator and your summer garden! Growing upright, with a looser growth habit and multiple stems, these create an open and rounded appearance!

Also known as Pale Dogwood bushes, autumn brings great fall color and a generous crop of beautiful blue berries! The berries are highly beneficial to songbirds and put on a show of fall and winter interest. Growing to a 6-10 foot tall and 5-8 foot wide shrub, these highly adaptable deciduous natives thrive throughout USDA hardiness zones 4 to 8.

Planting and Application:

As their name implies, Swamp Dogwoods are typically found in swamps, marshes, moist borders, floodplains, meadows, prairies, and along streams. Well-known as a Bog Plant and around ponds, the roots stabilize soil along water features. You'll find these wetland plants doing beautifully where the gutters drain or in Rain Gardens!

Dogwood shrubs spread to form thickets if left to their own devices, and the branches may form roots at the tips or nodes where they touch the ground. Allow them to form fast shelterbelts, and hedges, for wildlife and naturalizing, erosion control, and steep slopes. Wonderful in regular garden conditions, create native screening hedges and shelterbelts with these easy mass-planting shrubs! Benefitting songbirds by providing food, cover, and sheltered nesting sites!

  • Creamy Yellowish-White Flower Clusters Pollinators Love
  • Textured Green Leaves
  • Colorful New Growth & Great Fall Color
  • Grows In Moist to Wet Soil Conditions & Rain Gardens
  • Hedges, Water Features, Erosion & Native Naturalizing

#ProPlantTips for Care:

These native Dogwood are highly adaptable, growing in full sun to full shade. You'll enjoy more blooms and color in more sun. Perfect for use in poorly drained sites and more alkaline sites. Swamp Dogwood prefers non-stagnant locations with organically rich, and slightly acidic soils. The shallow spreading root system of this deciduous flowering native shrub appreciates mulched beds in drier soil conditions. Prune in late winter to correct shape and control size.

  • Full Sun, Partial Shade & Full Shade
  • Moist to Wet Well-Drained Soil
  • Tolerates Poor Drainage & Alkaline Conditions
  • Prune Late Winter/Early Spring
  • No Serious Insect or Disease Problems

Fantastic wetland natives and bird-friendly food and habitat, the easy-care Swamp Dogwood fills your landscape with fast cover, privacy, and rugged beauty! Order at NatureHills.com today!

Plant Size

  • #3 Container 1-2 Feet
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