Looking great in the garden in early March is Cornus officinalis ‘Spring Glow’. I remember when the late J.C. Raulston first planted this in the 1980s at the arboretum that now bears his name. It elicited so many comments, that he finally named and introduced it to commercial horticulture. As it did over forty years ago, it still puts on a superb show each year. Taxonomically, people keep trying to synonymize it with the Cornelian cherry, Cornus mas, despite the two being different species. Cornus officinalis flowers earlier, has longer flower pedicles, and much more flaking bark. We hope more people will plant this amazing winter-flowering small tree.
Beautiful!!
I have i and love it. about 15 year old. I still call it cornus mas. Will ty to remember its name now.
I grow Yingers’ introduction ‘Kintoki’ which is also flowering now for us in central Virginia, z7