'Variegata' features leaves with bluish-green centers and creamy white margins. Cornus mas, commonly known as cornelian cherry, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to central and southern Europe into western Asia. Common name refers to the cherry-like fruits which resemble in color the semi-precious gemstone carnelian (or cornelian). This name was applied to this plant because it was seen as the opposite of Cornus sanguinea, known as the female or wild cornel. Bello in primavera ed estate per la colorazione variegata di foglie, fiori e frutti, quando in autunno il fogliame diventa rossastro è il momento migliore per la potatura. The specific epithet mas means "masculine" or "male". La pianta di Cornus controversa Variegata è un arbusto deciduo originario della Cina, dell’Himalaya e del Giappone. Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. Ha corteccia marrone, liscia, che tende a. Fruits may be used for making syrups and preserves. Arbusto o piccolo albero a foglie caduche originario dellEuropa e dellAfrica a crescita non molto rapida in età adulta può raggiungere i 5-7 m di altezza. Fruits are edible, although sour tasting fresh off the plant. Il nome deriva dal latino corno perché il legno, molto lucido e piuttosto duro, ricorda le corna dei bovini. Fruits are ellipsoid, fleshy, one-seeded berries (drupes to 5/8" long) which mature to cherry red in mid-summer. In Italia troviamo come spontanee solo appunto il Cornus mas e il cornus sanguinea. Ovate to elliptic dark green leaves (to 4" long) typically develop insignificant fall color. Each umbel is surrounded at the base by small, yellowish, petaloid bracts which are much less showy than the large decorative bracts found on some other species of dogwood such as Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) and Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood).
Yellow flowers on short stalks bloom in early spring before the leaves emerge in dense, showy, rounded clusters (umbels to 3/4" wide). Scaly, exfoliating bark develops on mature trunks. It typically grows over time to 15-25' tall with a spread to 12-20' wide. Cornus mas, commonly known as cornelian cherry, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to central and southern Europe into western Asia.
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