This week… Red-twig dogwoods

THERE are two main kinds of dogwoods (Cornus), and while both are beautiful they are very different. Flowering dogwoods make fine small deciduous trees, with showy pink or white flowers and fiery yellow or crimson autumn leaf colour.

Red-osier or red-twig dogwoods, on the other hand, are deciduous shrubs grown mainly for their bright and brilliant winter twigs that usually come in shades of orange to bright-red to deep-crimson. The twigs can also be yellow, or even almost black, and make a fine winter feature, especially in the snow.

“They also bring us white spring flowers”

Red-twig dogwoods are easy to look