Wolf Eyes Chinese Dogwood

Categories: Ornamental Trees, Plants, Trees

Wolf Eyes Chinese Dogwood (Cornus kousa ‘Wolf Eyes’)A lovely shrubby and broad spreading dogwood with creamy white margined leaves that hold up well in sun or shade; late spring blooms last for several weeks, covered in berries in fall; vigorous and tolerant of most soils except very wet or dry

Tag: spring bloom

Characteristics

Average Landscape Height:

15 feet

Average Landscape Width:

15 feet

Growth Rate:

medium

Genus:

Cornus

Species:

kousa

Cultivar:

Wolf Eyes

Flower Color:

white

Flower Period:

in late spring

Summer Foliage Color:

green

Fall Color:

brick red

Minimum Light:

partial shade

Maximum Light:

full sun

Minimum Moisture:

average

Maximum Moisture:

moist

Plant Form:

layered

Canopy:

low

Pruning:

prune after flowering

Pollution Tolerance:

medium

Other Species Names:

Kousa Dogwood

Branching:

multi-stemmed

Ornamental Features

Wolf Eyes Chinese Dogwood features showy clusters of white flowers with white bracts held atop the branches in late spring. It has attractive creamy white-variegated green foliage. The pointy leaves are highly ornamental and turn an outstanding brick red in the fall. It features an abundance of magnificent crimson berries from early to mid fall. The peeling gray bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape.

Landscape Attributes

Wolf Eyes Chinese Dogwood is a multi-stemmed deciduous tree with a stunning habit of growth which features almost oriental horizontally-tiered branches. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

Planting & Growing

Wolf Eyes Chinese Dogwood will grow to be about 15 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 15 feet. It has a low canopy with a typical clearance of 1 foot from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for 40 years or more.

This tree does best in full sun to partial shade. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is very fussy about its soil conditions and must have rich, acidic soils to ensure success, and is subject to chlorosis (yellowing) of the foliage in alkaline soils. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution, and will benefit from being planted in a relatively sheltered location. Consider applying a thick mulch around the root zone in winter to protect it in exposed locations or colder microclimates. This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America.

Wolf Eyes Chinese Dogwood

Characteristics

Ornamental Features

Landscape Attributes

Planting & Growing

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Characteristics

Ornamental Features

Landscape Attributes

Planting & Growing

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