Found this on the Raintree Nursery Site and wondering if anyone has one of these?
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/images/D585.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.raintreenursery.com/catalog/producttype.cfm%3Fproducttype%3DDogwoods&h=160&w=160&sz=14&hl=en&start=4&sig2=UI3J_S349gHuDk6zCgFm6A&tbnid=gLF5vz4FX1CZWM:&tbnh=98&tbnw=98&ei=MgeIR9i0EafEerKrqNgO&prev=/images%3Fq%3DBig%2BApple%2BCornus%2BKousa%26gbv%3D2%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
It looks very appealing as it is an evergreen dogwood. Website states "this evergreen large shrub or small tree has gray-green foliage that turns reddish purple each fall. Cream colored spring flowers are followed by red edible fruit in the fall that resembles strawberries. The tree grows to 10-15' tall and is hardy to 12°F. They may be self-fertile but plant two plants to insure fruiting. Climate Zones: 8 to 10"
Would love to try this in Zone 7. Any experience out there?
Cornus capitata 'Evergreen Dogwood'
Semi-evergreen, anyway, it drops the leaves in late winter. Not hardy in zone 7, though; it is marginal even in zone 8.
There's one in Ireland (zone 9) 18m tall and at least 2 others over 10m tall, so it gets larger than your source claims.
Resin
Thanks Resin. Guess I'll focus my dreams on something else :0)
I looked at one yesterday down the street. It got nailed from a cold snap a few years go and slowly recovered. Rarely seen them bloom here. They need a protected spot from cold-snap dessicating winds here. Seems to be weak in the roots, or susceptible to something as I've seen full-size trees die, mostly from something in summer. Maybe we get too dry in the summer. If it was a bit more stable, nice looking tree.
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