Winston Salem, NC (Zone 7a) | April 2023 | positive
This tree seems to be extremely difficult to find in local nurseries in my area. After many phone calls last October, I found a landscape...Read More nursery that had five trees. We managed to load the seven foot tree into the SUV and very carefully planted it. In early April it began leafing out and soon I could see 3 small budding greenish bracts among the leaves. It's late April now and the bracts have turned white and have grown to about two inches across. They are very attractive, and I am very pleased and excited.
Pensacola, FL (Zone 8b) | February 2018 | negative
Venus Dogwood - had two - neither have done well in 3 years, barely had leaves on them through the summer coastal Alabama. Replacing with...Read More Empress of China in a couple of weeks.
(Plant Patent 16,309. Cultivar: KN-30-8.) Venus® is the Dogwood we've all been waiting f...Read Moreor. Not only are its blooms enormous and lovely, but it is superbly disease resistant, demonstrates fine winter hardiness, is drought tolerant, and has a low-branched, full habit that keeps it colorful right down to the ground. And as the fastest-growing Dogwood, it will grow up, fill out, and bloom spectacularly, all within a very few seasons.
These shamrock-shaped blooms are fully 6 inches wide and wonderfully symmetrical, with 4 huge petals surrounding a tiny green center. Float them in a bowl of water, or cut an entire branch and display in water for splendid spring color indoors. A fully-blooming tree is an unforgettable sight!
But the blooms are just part of Venus®'s beauty. The foliage always looks fresh and healthy, thanks to terrific resistance to Dogwood Anthracnose and Powdery Mildew. And the habit of this 20-foot-tall, 20- to 30-foot-wide tree is a bit out of the ordinary. Instead of sending up a bare trunk, it is branched low to the ground, and has a rounded, symmetrical outline.
Best of all, this Dogwood has superior winter hardiness so it can flourish farther north than many others, AND it is wonderfully drought-tolerant for the thirsty south and southwest. If you have had to pamper your Dogwoods to help them through climate crises, Venus will be your first truly low-maintenance specimen.
Bred by Dr. Elwin Orton, Jr., of Rutgers University, Venus® is an interspecific hybrid. One part is C. kousa x nuttalli (the Pacific Dogwood), while the other is C. kousa. The result is an all-weather performer, far more gardenworthy than older varieties.
Oklahoma City, OK (Zone 7a) | November 2004 | positive
A wonderful new Dogwood produced by Dr. Elwin Orton, Jr. of Rutgers University. Flowers are very large, 6 inches or more on established t...Read Morerees.
With some dogwood trees, the blooms come first and the leaves come later, but with this cultivar, the flowers and leaves arrive at the same time. It will grow in a variety of light conditions from full sun to shade. It reaches a height of 30'.
This tree is so new, it's pretty hard to come by. It's worth the hunt, though.
This tree seems to be extremely difficult to find in local nurseries in my area. After many phone calls last October, I found a landscape...Read More
Venus Dogwood - had two - neither have done well in 3 years, barely had leaves on them through the summer coastal Alabama. Replacing with...Read More
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(Plant Patent 16,309. Cultivar: KN-30-8.) Venus® is the Dogwood we've all been waiting f...Read More
As an additional note, this selection is a hybrid between C. kousa and C. nuttallii.
A wonderful new Dogwood produced by Dr. Elwin Orton, Jr. of Rutgers University. Flowers are very large, 6 inches or more on established t...Read More