Blooming at about the same time as redbud trees in the eastern American woodland , pinkish unfolding dogwoods ( Cornus florida forma rubra ) create garden pink to rose to rose - red bract around their true tiny greenish - yellowish flowers . The Missouri Botanical Garden mentions that pink - flower variety of this tree are slightly less cold dauntless , particularly the flower and bract buds , so raise it best in USDA Hardiness Zones 5 through 9 .

Cherokee Series

gas as being more vigorous and disease - resistant than other flowering dogwood , potpourri in the Cherokee Series include a duo of pink - flower selections . ' Cherokee Brave ' forms white bract that are cloud and streaked with deep rose colour , and ' Cherokee Chief ' develops bract that are blue rose - red-faced , arguably not pink but look more parentage reddened at time . ' Cherokee Sunset ' bract are deep rose pink with a hint of reddish blue , lighter than those of ' Cherokee Chief . '

American Beauty

Pleasant rosy - carmine bracts occur on ' American Beauty , ' and new emerging parting have a reddish tint to them . It may sometimes be labeled or called ' American Beauty Red ' or ' Red Beauty . '

Spring Song

Some citizenry report the bracts of ' Spring Song ' to be deep rosy garden pink , while others may say it ’s blush wine - red . These coloring material redden atop white bract , so the overall essence is loose pink .

Gulf Coast Pink

One of the best pink - bloom smorgasbord for long , hot summer regions , ' Gulf Coast Pink ' bears pink bracts and outrank among the best alternative if you live in Florida north of Orlando and desire a pinkish flowering dogwood tree diagram .

Cornus Kousa ‘Satomi’

While not a species of flowering cornel , the kousa cornel change ' Satomi ' produces rose-colored pinkish bracts in late saltation to other summer . This coinage , Cornus kousa , endure sunny locations comfortably than other type and is not affect by anthracnose as flowering dogwoods are .

Varieties Of Flowering Dogwood

unfolding dogwood tree trees unremarkably strive 20 to 30 feet and are often just as wide , making a dramatic specimen for the garden or patio . This deciduous tree diagram is characterized by horizontal offshoot along most of the proboscis , with a rounded or more unsloped crown . ellipse leaves grow diametrical , and the bark of mature trees is broken into squares , impart it a checker show . More than one-half of the two twelve or so species of flowering cornel bloom in blank . Heavy and early bloomer " Cherokee Princess " grows to a height of 20 to 25 feet and sports 3- to 4 - column inch peak that put on a dramatic show in April or May . Fall folio reverse red to purple and retain a silverish chromaticity . The checkered bark and gray stems allow contrasting winter sake . " This specimen is often school as a multi - trunked tree , as higher branches spring up unsloped and low branch extend horizontally .

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