Pacific Dogwood
Cornus nuttallii
The West's flowering dogwood, opening large creamy bracts in spring (often again in fall) and ripening red fruit for birds. An exquisite but disease-sensitive woodland tree.
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 15–40 ft
- Spacing
- 10–25 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade, shade
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- acidic, neutral
- Bloom
- April, May, June, July
- Bloom colors
- white, pink, yellow, green
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~118 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- CA, ID, OR, WA
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)
- Western Bunchberry (Cornus unalaschkensis)