Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Flowering dogwood question..., 1 by Decumbent

Decumbent wrote:
Hi Tammy,

Those crosses are actually called Cornus x rutgersensis because they are the work of _________what's his name VV________, who was/is a professor at Rutgers and worked for years crossing C. kousa with C. florida. These are sometimes known also as the Constellation Series, because many (if not all) of them have the names of constellations or starts.

A cross from this same dude with great potential is a Cornus kousa x Cornus nuttallii hybrid called Venus. Paul Capriella and Don Shadow really raved about this one in their book and from the photos I have seen it deserves every accolade they could come up with. I actually have one, but it is too young for me to say much about it yet. Here is a picture I took of the one flower mine produced this spring.

Scott