Cherokee Sunset Flowering Dogwood Fast Growing strong spires packed with cobalt

strong spires packed with cobalt blue florets and brightly contrasting central bees

The blue-green foliage of the dianthus also provides excellent contrast when paired with chartreuse-foliaged companions or silver-leaved artemisias

except they come in a lower maintenance tree that is hardy in a wider range of conditions

but this plant will benefit from yearly mulching

they will grow into a rounded shrub that can be planted individually

Cherokee Sunset Flowering Dogwood Fast Growing strong spires packed with cobaltThe 'Cherokee Sunset' flowering dogwood is another cultivar descended from the 'Cherokee Chief', this tree shares the elegant form, red pink bracts, purple fall color, and red fall winter berries, but also introduces variegated leaves. The leaves are green with wavy jagged yellow borders and in the fall the leaves turn a beautify burgundy with a showy red border. Like the 'Cherokee Chief' these trees are more heat tolerant and disease resistant than