Gray Dogwood vs Morden Amorette Rose - TreeTime.ca

Gray Dogwood vs Morden Amorette Rose

Cornus racemosa

Rosa Morden Amorette

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Gray Dogwood
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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.

Note: This species is currently unavailable. Grow your own using Gray Dogwood seeds at SeedTime.ca.

The Morden Amorette Rose is a flowering hybrid shrub that is a compact grower, with bright reddish-pink blooms. The double-flowered blooms are lightly scented. This shrub blooms from late spring to late summer, and has glossy green leaves that turn yellow in the fall.

The Morden Amorette Rose is popular as it is fairly disease resistant, and is a vigorous grower.

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Morden Amorette Rose Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 3a
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 0.5 m (1.7 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 0.5 m (1.5 ft)
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal, wet
Light: any
Light: partial shade, full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Flowers: red
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: low