| Eastern Dogwood | |
| Flowering Dogwood | |
| Dogwood |
| Plant Habit: | Fern |
| Life cycle: | Annual |
| Sun Requirements: | Partial Shade to Full Shade |
| Water Preferences: | Wet Mesic |
| Soil pH Preferences: | Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8) |
| Minimum cold hardiness: | Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F) |
| Maximum recommended zone: | Zone 12 |
| Leaves: | Good fall color Deciduous Malodorous |
| Fruit: | Edible to birds Pops open explosively when ripe |
| Flowers: | Other |
| Flower Time: | Other |
| Edible Parts: | Flowers |
| Dynamic Accumulator: | Nitrogen fixer B (Boron) |
| Propagation: Other methods: | Division |
| Pollinators: | Moths and Butterflies |
| Conservation status: | Extinct in the Wild (EW) |
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