Gray Dogwood vs Morden Centennial Rose - TreeTime.ca

Gray Dogwood vs Morden Centennial Rose

Cornus racemosa

Rosa Morden Centennial

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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 Centennial Rose is a showy flowering shrub with hot pink double-flowered blooms and yellow centers. This shrub has dark green and glossy foliage, which turns yellow in the later fall months and exhibits bright red rose hips.

The Morden Centennial Rose is a popular variety due to its high disease resistance and brilliant color.

Gray Dogwood Quick Facts

Morden Centennial Rose Quick Facts

Zone: 4a
Zone: 2b
Height: 3 m (10 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 3 m (10 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Moisture: any
Moisture: normal
Light: any
Light: full sun
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: yes
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: deep, reddish puple
Flowers: fushia pink
Growth rate: slow
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: medium
Suckering: low