Habitat Aid Ltd

Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)

Common Dogwood, Cornus sanguinea, is a large, colourful and versatile native shrub. It does well in most conditions and soils and suckers freely, making it a good hedging plant for wet soils in particular, although it lays poorly. Dogwood's all year round interest is hard to beat; red spring twigs and autumn foliage, delicate white flowers in the spring, and black berries. All the native plants we sell - including dogwood - are grown in the UK from seed collected here.

£20.95

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Taxes included.

Prices include VAT (when applicable) and delivery to mainland UK.

Size 60/90 cm (5 plants)

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Common Dogwood (Cornus sanguinea)

Dogwood was known to Chaucer as "Whipple Tree", and the origins of its current name are obscure. They are sometimes said to lie in the Anglo-Saxon "dag" (skewer or dagger), for which the plants hard wood might have been used - it was also used for toothpicks. Possibly they might refer to dogberries not being fit for a dog to eat, although the birds like them.

Plants For Sale

Like all our native trees and hedging, our Dogwood plants have UK provenance and origin - that's to say they're British grown using seed from trees here. These 2 year old 60-90cm plants will be grown peat free in either Kent, the Welsh borders, or Yorkshire. We sell them in multiples of 5.

Suppliers: RV Roger, Oakover Trees, RJ Trees and Hedging

See our planting and size guide for details and tips on planting Dogwood plants.

All these Dogwood plants are bare root, and are consequently available for delivery from November until March. During the lifting season there may be up to two weeks delay between placing the order and dispatching due to weather conditions or pressure of orders, which are dealt with in date sequence. Orders placed for Dogwood plants between March and October are confirmed for dispatch from November.

Have a look at our videos on what to do when your plants arrive and how to plant a bare root tree.