Cornus kousa 'Triple Crown'
Object Details
- Description
- This is a smaller cultivar of the kousa dogwood which produces many white bracts. These white blooms grow in groups of three and last several weeks.
- Hardiness
- -20 - 20 F
- Bloom Time
- Late spring. Lasts for several weeks.
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Range
- Cultivated
- Topic
- Trees
- Living Collections
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Tree Collection
- On Display
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2017-0395A
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Common Name
- Kousa Dogwood Cultivar
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Asteranae
- Order
- Cornales
- Family
- Cornaceae
- Genus
- Cornus
- Species
- kousa
- Life Form
- Deciduous tree
- Average Height
- 15'
- Bark Characteristics
- Exfoliating, gray
- Bloom Characteristics
- Cluster of yellow-green flowers surrounded by 4, pointed white bracts. Three flowers per cluster.
- Fall Color
- Red
- Foliage Characteristics
- Simple, opposite, ovate, pointed green leaves.
- Fruit Characteristics
- Red, rapsberry shaped, pendulous and edible.
- Structure
- Almost tiered
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2017-0395A
