Cornus kousa MS #10

The multi-stemmed Kousa Dogwood is a large shrub or small tree with large, showy, white flower bracts in late spring or early summer. Dark green leaves turn reddish purple in fall. Young plants start out as upright and vase shaped, later becoming more rounded with horizontally spreading branches. It likes moist, well-drained, somewhat acidic soil in sun to part shade, but is more adaptable than Cornus florida. Grows 20-30' tall and wide. Hardy to Zone 5.