small dogwood
If you're searching for the perfect small dogwood to add delicate beauty and year-round interest to your garden, you're in the right place. Small dogwoods are renowned for their ornamental charm, featuring elegant flowers, vibrant autumn foliage, and often striking winter bark—all while maintaining a compact size ideal for smaller gardens, courtyards, or feature planting. Whether you want a colourful focal point, a shade-loving understory tree, or a lush border shrub, there’s a small dogwood variety perfectly suited to New Zealand’s unique garden conditions.
Cornus 'Cloud 9'
Cornus 'Cloud 9' produces masses of showy, single, white flowers through spring, which are followed by clusters of red fruit in autumn. The foliage comprises lush, dark green leaves that develop colourful shades of red in autumn before falling. It typically grows with a rounded shape to 3 m tall and the same width. Cornus 'Cloud 9 'makes for an excellent specimen and is great for including in mixed plantings, for lining an entranceway, or maintaining in a courtyard garden.
From $270.40
Cornus florida 'Spring Song'
Cornus florida 'Spring Song' is a deciduous shrub grown for its colourful flowering in spring. At this time, masses of showy, rose-pink flowers are borne just as the foliage emerges. The glossy, young leaves are green with bronze overtones and quickly age to become dark green. They develop colourful orange, red, and dark purple tones before falling in autumn. It grows with a rounded habit to about 3 m tall and the same wide. Cornus 'Spring Song' is commonly included in mixed plantings, planted around outdoor living areas, used to border an entrance, maintained in a courtyard garden, or included in cottage gardens.
From $340.69
