Cornus amomum
silky dogwood, silky cornel
Cornaceae
Plant Specifics
Form:
shrub
Size:
to 10 ft
Life Span:
long-lived perennial
Flower Color:
white
Fruit Color:
Phenology:
deciduous
Noted For:
Showy Flowers, Interesting Bark
Landscaping
Recommended Uses:
Wet site hedge, wet site specimen plant especially if a clump is suitable.
Rarely planted but considerable value especially in areas where most shrubs are bare during the winter.
Rarely planted but considerable value especially in areas where most shrubs are bare during the winter.
Considerations:
Light:
Full Sun, Part Sun
Moisture Tolerance:
Stays wet ---- to ---- Usually moist, occasional inundation
Salt Water Flooding Tolerance:
Unknown
Salt Spray/Salty Soil Tolerance:
Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray
Soil or Other Substrate:
Clay, Loam
Suitable to Grow In:
Ecology
Wildlife:
Pollinators, Butterflies, Caterpillars, Birds, Mammals
Larval host for cecropia silkmoth ( Hyalophora cecropia ) and spring azure butterfly ( Celastrina ladon ).
Attracts long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies.
Birds and small mammals consume the fruit. Fruits used by birds and small mammals.
Native Habitats:
Riverine swamps, natural levees along streams, lake margins. Typically in areas with shallow annual inundation, typically during the winter/early spring season.
