Gray Dogwood vs Majestic Magenta Phlox - TreeTime.ca

Gray Dogwood vs Majestic Magenta Phlox

Phlox Majestic Magenta

Cornus racemosa

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Majestic Magenta Phlox
Gray Dogwood

The Majestic Magenta is a compact ground cover plant that blooms with small, rich magenta flowers in early to mid spring. In spring expect an abundance of these star-shaped flowers.

The Majestic Magenta attracts the attention of birds and butterflies and this plant is popular for it’s low maintenance and salt-tolerance.

Gray dogwood is a thicket-forming, deciduous shrub with greenish-white blossoms in open, terminal clusters. Young twigs are red and the fruit pedicels remain conspicuously red into late fall and early winter.

Fruit itself is a white, 1/4 in. drupe that usually does not remain on the shrub for long.

Great for naturalizing wild areas, this shrub attracts birds and other wildlife.

Majestic Magenta Phlox Quick Facts

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 4a
Height: 0.2 m (0.5 ft)
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 0.6 m (2.0 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: any
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: any
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: slow
Life span: short
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Flowers: small, magenta
Hybrid: yes
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: MB, ON, QC