Swamp Dogwood
Cornus foemina
Swamp dogwood, or stiff dogwood, is a wetland shrub of Southeastern stream edges and swamps, with white spring bloom and blue berries on red stalks. Excellent for rain gardens and pond margins.
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 8–20 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- part shade
- Soil moisture
- wet, moist
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May, June
- Bloom colors
- white
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~118 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, rain garden, erosion control
- Native states
- AL, AR, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA
Related native plants
More Cornus species
- Flowering Dogwood (Cornus florida)
- Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis)
- Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus sericea)
- Roughleaf Dogwood (Cornus drummondii)
- Pagoda Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)
- Pacific Dogwood (Cornus nuttallii)