When it blooms
In bloom: May to June
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How to grow it
- Light
- Full sun, Part shade
- Soil
- Moist
- Size
- 0.9 m–7.2 m
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Native to
- Quebec
What it feeds
Grey Dogwood is a host plant local wildlife depends on. These are the beings it brings back.
Wood ThrushThreatenedBirdIts flute-like song is fading from our woods. Native shrubs raise the caterpillars it needs to feed its chicks.
Photos: Photo by Mdf, CC BY-SA 3.0
Plant it with
Other native plants the Wood Thrush also depends on. Grow a few together and you give it food across the whole season.
Grow Grey Dogwood where you live
Add it to your garden on Hortus, get a free report card of the wildlife it brings back, and find a nursery near you that carries it.