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shrub layer
kousa dogwood
cornus kousa
creamy star bracts give way to knobbly raspberry-red fruit with a soft, sweet custard flesh — an ornamental that quietly feeds you and the birds.
functions
food cropwildlife habitatpollinator forage
light
part shade
moisture
moderate
soil
rich, humus-heavy loam
season
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grower's notes
memberspropagation, guild role, and deeper ecology for kousa dogwood — the members' view.
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relationships — grows well with
cornelian cherrycornus mas→hazelcorylus avellana→sweet woodruffgalium odoratum→comfrey (bocking 14)symphytum × uplandicum→
see kousa dogwood on the relationship map →the takeaway
start a guild around kousa dogwood
plant these together and the relationships on this page start working for you — feeders, protectors, and cover, layer by layer.
- shrub
- kousa dogwood — the anchor
- groundcover
- sweet woodruff
- herbaceous
- comfrey (bocking 14)