Cornus sanguinea Midwinter Fire - Flaming Dogwood - Plant in 9 cm Pot

Cornus sanguinea is the common dogwood and the native species of our hedgerows. Cornus sanguinea Midwinter Fire was discovered in a garden in Germany around 1980 and subsequently introduced as a garden plant in Boskoop in Holland around 1990. Now a long standing favourite for colour in the winter garden. Very easy to grow in most soils, incluing wet soils, and a sunny to semi shade locations  Midwinter Fire provides really striking orange to pink and vermilion winter stems which are the main feature of this much used plant. It is important to prune most of the stems back to near ground level in spring, on mature plants, to ensure a plentiful supply of colourful new stems. The young stems have the best colour. In addition Midwinter Fires produces good autumn leaf colour. Can be used anywhere but probably look at their best planted together or with the the red stem varieties such as Cornus alba sibirica. Midwinter Fire can easily be grown in a pot or other container. Use a good quality compost. Ensure you feed regularly as a hungry plant is a poor performer. We recommend Osmocote pro 8 -9 month applied in the early spring. One application gives all the nutrients the plant requires for the whole year.