I have had dogwoods in my garden since 1948, when we had to built a new house about 8 years ago almost next door to the old one, we planted another one. For the first time in all those years I have never seen this on any of them. Can you tell me about it? Don't even know what to call it, seeds?
Interesting, because I have a 3 year old Kousa with same things...I assumed it was seed pods...
Hope you get an answer...
Liza
I would say that they are seed pods. BEV Google it
The red or yellow berries are used in drugs and tonic.
The reason you don't see 'em, is really quite ironic.
They don't have lots of flavor, and seldom slake your thirst,
But birdies like their savor, and often eat them first!
Maria on seed trading they are talking about the dogwoods and the seeds. Look there. It says Chinese Dogwood about 6 or7 threads down. Hope this helps. BEV
thanks for your replies and help (Don, very funny :-)).
Just thought it very strange, and they are the only two on the whole tree and also think very pretty.
My dogwood did this.......
Whoops! Wrong picture....those are the blueberries! lol
That looks like a blueberry bush. Bev
LOL!!!
My brain is not functioning well this morning! This is the picture I meant to include.
Pixie,
Never seen a dogwood like that either but I do like your blueberries, How old is that bush? I understand they are sort of hard to start
I have no idea how old it is....I didn't plant it the birds did! LOL
pixie, lol, I had one of those too., the present owner of our old house built in 1840, decided to cut it off, I think it seeded about 20 years ago, it was beautiful.
I've lived here for 22 years and just noticed it last year. I guess it never flowered or berried before...or i've been blind as a bat for the last 20 years. lol
It's the fruit, Maria. Must be a kousa.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/216203/
Hi Victor,thank you
have been told it is
celeste that could be a pagoda dogwood
Hmmm I have no dogwood anymore LOL!!! I took it down and put a clematis in it's place. Someone on this site will never forgive me either LOL
Just wondering Dawn, why would you take a dogwood down for a clematis?
Yes, Dawn. Why would you?!!
must be a VERY NICE clematis????
you mentioned planting a second one maybe it needed cross polination and that is why you now have berries
I think those are C. kousa seeds alright, I saw one loaded with seeds somewhere(I'm 72 and sometimes my memory is just plain shot). The one up around Ontario has just small single berries-I stuck some in the fridg once and managed to germinate them but the blasted rabbits ate them, the other one is I think Cornelian Cherry?? and its a shrub I'd like to plant the native flowering dogwood under my acorn grown oak but the rabbits or the deer eat everything around here. The wild one is Conus florida--I guess?
IT IS A KOUSA TREE, WENT THROUGH MY FILES, IT WAS PLANTED IN 20O2, 7 FEET TALL AT $ 69.00, THANKS TO ALL FOR INFO.
Ha! The dogwood I had drove me crazy. I guess I just didn't like it. I pulled out the darn thing with the help of dh and planted 2 clematises in its place with a wrought iron trellis.
Victor always gives me grief....now I think more of you will too LOL!!
Watch out for the clematis people. I went to a specialty nursery for them in england many yrs ago & they had a good looking iris, but they didn't know what it was--it was a median too!
Teehee....well I do like to think my interests are broader than just clematis.....I just don't have much of a yard for all the plants I would love to have.
Ain't that the truth?!!
