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Lustgarten Weeping Chinese Dogwood
Lustgarten Weeping Chinese Dogwood
Flowering Dogwood Tree 'Elizabeth Lustgarten Kousa Weeping Dogwood'
Flowering Dogwood Tree 'Elizabeth Lustgarten Kousa Weeping Dogwood'
Flowering Dogwood Tree 'Elizabeth Lustgarten Kousa Weeping Dogwood'

Flowering Dogwood Tree 'Elizabeth Lustgarten Kousa Weeping Dogwood'

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  • This Flowering Dogwood Tree 'Elizabeth Lustgarten Kousa Weeping Dogwood' ships in a 2 Gallon Trade Pot
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Cornus kousa 'Elizabeth Lustgarten'Lustgarten Weeping Dogwood has a rounded, weeping habit with cascading branches. In late spring it produces showy clusters of white flowers with white bracts held atop the branches. The flowers will last for several weeks, in the fall it is covered in an abundance of magnificent crimson berries. The pointy leaves turn an outstanding brick red in the fall. The peeling gray bark adds an interesting dimension to the landscape. This variety of Dogwood is vigorous and tolerant of most soils except very wet or dry. It has green foliage throughout the season.

Lustgarten Weeping Chinese Dogwood is a multi-stemmed deciduous tree that has a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. It will require occasional maintenance and upkeep, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. It is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

Full sun to partial sun.

Attracts birds, bees and butterflies.

Drought tolerant once established.

White flowers, non-fragrant

Additional features: Drought Tolerant, Fall Color, Disease Resistant, Attracts Wildlife, and Attracts Pollinators

This Lustgarten Weeping Dogwood comes in a 2 gallon trade pot

Cornus kousa 'Elizabeth Lustgarten'

Mature Size: 12' - 15' x 15' - 18'

Soil: Average, Prefers average drained soil

Hardiness Zones: 5-8

Sun Exposure: Prefers partial sun but can be planted in full sun as long as mulching is provided to retain moisture in the soil.

Characteristics: Dark green with crimson berries, red fall foliage.

Growth Rate: Moderate

Tolerance: Disease resistant, drought and heat tolerant, Ornamental

*Plants cannot be shipped to Alaska or Hawaii.

*Plants ship dormant in winter months.

*Images shown of mature plants.

Requires 6 or more hours hours of sunlight.

Allow 18'ft of space between plants to allow room to grow.

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Hardiness zone for this plant: 5 - 8

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An Asian variety of our own native dogwood but with its own unique beauty and disease resistance. This versatile, hardy and beautifully shaped tree, with distinctive bracts resembling flowers contrasting the dark green leaves appear once the natives have already gone. The bracts are modified leaves meant to attract pollinators to their small, insignificant flowers at their center and produce larger fruit than our American variety. Various animals, such as birds, squirrels and other mammals enjoy the small glossy red fruit produced in the fall.

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