Family: cornaceae
Common name(s): flowering dogwood
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 5 - 8~9
General resources
Links for Cornus florida
- Carolina Nature - Illustrated woody plant profile, with notes on range and identification.
(17 photos)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 5-8)
(37 photos)
- Denver Botanic Gardens: Cornus florida 'Prairie Pink' - Description, native range, and cultural requirements. (zone 5)
- Floridata - Illustrated informative profile page with notes on culture, usage, and noteworthy features. (zone 5-9)
(4 photos)
- Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile (5 varieties in database)
(30 photos)
- Illinois Wildflowers - Informative illustrated page with description and cultivation details, also covering range and faunal associations.
(3 photos)
- Kansas Wildflowers & Grasses - Plant portrait with botanical details and description
(10 photos)
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center - Plant description and characteristics with notes on distribution, culture, and propagation.

- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 5-9)
(38 photos). Also pages for 'Appalachian Spring', 'Cherokee Chief', 'Cherokee Princess', 'Cloud Nine', 'Comco No ' CHEROKEE BRAVE, 'Daybreak', 'Ozark Spring', 'Purple Glory', 'Red Pygmy', 'Royal Red', 'White Cloud', and 'Xanthocarpa'.
- Missouri Plants - Description and photographs of botanical features, with notes about habitat and native status.
(15 photos)
- Native Plant Society of Texas - Plant profile with basic characteristics, some horticultural information, and a distribution map within Texas.
(3 photos)
- Native Plants of Central Texas - Photos with brief comments from University of Texas at Austin.
(6 photos)
- North Carolina State University factsheet - Plant profile with horticultural details and comments (zone 5-9)
(58 photos)
- Ontario Rock Garden Society - Germination information (use search on page to find this taxon)
- Rob's Plants - Plant profile with basic horticultural information and often personal observations.
(3 photos)
- Texas A&M Native Trees - Brief plant profile with horticultural details (zone 5)
(4 photos)
- Trees and Shrubs Online - Reference page curated by the International Dendrology Society with descriptive characteristics and horticultural notes.
(1 photo)
- Virginia Tech Dendrology - Factsheet with botanical characteristics and photos of various features.
(6 photos)
Common name(s): flowering dogwood
Hardiness ratings: USDA zone 5 - 8~9
Links
- BBC Gardening - Plant profile with horticultural details and garden uses.
(1 photo)
- Dave's Garden PlantFiles - Profile page with horticultural basics, and member-contributed photos and comments. (zone 5-8)
(37 photos)
- Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile
(5 photos)
- Missouri Botanical Garden - Plantfinder page for one of the plants growing at the garden, with usually one or more photos, horticultural information, and noteworthy characteristics. (zone 5-9)
(18 photos)
- Paghat's Garden: Cornus florida var rubra 'Cherokee Chief' - Illustrated articles by a gardener in the Pacific Northwest, with background and personal observations.
(4 photos)
Links
- Garden.org - Community-assembled plant profile
(3 photos)
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