Roughleaf Dogwood
Cornus drummondii
Roughleaf dogwood is a tough, suckering shrub of prairie edges and fencerows, with flat white flower clusters and white berries that birds devour. Adaptable to dry, heavy soils for hedges and thickets.
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–15 ft
- Spacing
- 6–15 ft apart
- Light
- part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, butterflies, pollinators
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~118 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MI, MO, MS, NE, NY, OH, OK, PA, SD, TN, TX, WI
Related native plants
More Cornus species
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
- Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)
- Western Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis)