#Cornus mas. full
Growing in zones 5-8, in full sun to partial shade, Cornus Mas is native to Southern Europe and Southwestern Asia. In warmer areas, the Cornelian Cherry can bloom as early as February, but in colder climates (zones 5-6) you can expect yellow blooms in late March or more likely into April and May. Add to that the fact that these red berries are spread along the elegant, horizontal branches of the small dogwood tree.Īnd, if that is not enough, our variagated Cornus Mas grows up through our massive ostrich ferns brightening the lightly shaded corner of our garden. In the meantime, the Cornelian Cherry’s flowers slowly turn to bright red berries throughout the summer months. The competition ends quickly when, after the forsythia stops blooming and the homeowner is left with nothing but a scraggly green bush. Still, I would think the two plants serve much the same purpose in most landscapes – to add early spring colour in an otherwise drab garden. To be fair, forsythias are classed as a shrub, whereas the Cornelian Cherry falls into the category of a small tree. Trust me, however, if you are looking to take your woodland garden to another level, while still maintaining that early spring shot of bright, cheery yellow in the landscape, the Cornelian Cherry is a much better choice over the old-fashioned forsythia. Maybe homeowners are unaware of the Cornelian Cherry, or, maybe, the additional cost of the dogwood is too much compared to the inexpensive forsythia shrub. Right about the same time as the forsythias are blooming, the bare branches of the Cornelian Cherry (Cornus Mas) are covered with delicate yellow blooms giving the already elegant dogwood an even more beautiful look in the woodland landscape.
While the over-used Forsythia has a straggly, vase shape that is not particularly pleasant after its brief early spring blooming period, for some reason it continues to dominate the suburban landscape over the inherent beauty of the Cornelian Cherry’s early-spring clusters of yellow flowers. Now, compare that to a scraggly green bush that needs constant pruning, which is all homeowners are really left with after the forsythia blooms in early spring.
Imagine a small rounded tree with horizontal branches sporting elegant yellow bunches of flowers that eventually give way to bright red fruit or drupes. In other words, when it comes to shape and form, Forsythias fall short in every way. It’s hard to imagine why homeowners choose to grow a Forsythia bush when a Cornelian-Cherry dogwood (Cornus Mas) is a much better choice in every way, shape and form. Consider replacing Forsythia with Cornus Mas or Spicebush for spring colour
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