PlantsShrubs & Vines
Silky Dogwood
Cornus obliqua
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A dogwood for the wet corner, flat white flowers
EasyShrubs & VinesAlso Rain GardenRain garden
- Light
- Full sun–part shade
- Moisture
- Moist–wet
- Mature size
- 6–10 ft
- Spacing
- 6 ft
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers May–Jun
- How it spreads
- Sucker shrub
- What to buy
- A container shrub.
- When to plant
- Apr or Sep
In the design
The wet end of a rain garden or a downspout that never dries. It thickets. Give it the corner, not the front step.
