The magnolia and cornel treesavailable for enhancing a landscape share many characteristics . Both produce attractive flowers , resulting in ornamental fruit . Both types of tree grow aboriginal to North America and both come in multiple cultivars of their different species . Differences though be between these two kinds of tree , including disparities in size , features , grow mountain range and United States .

Size

The dogwoods as a group are much smaller trees when compared to the magnolia . The largest dogwood is the giant dogwood , but it is a colossus only among its own genus , grow no larger than 40 understructure . Flowering dogwood and kousa cornel , a pair of prominent dogwood coinage , formulate to between 15 and 30 feet . Conversely , the magnolias types , including southerly magnolia and cucumbertree magnolia , maturate to 80 feet tall on function . Also , a blossom cornel ’s bole averages about 8 in in diameter ; that of a southerly magnolia can be 3 foot across-the-board .

Flowers

The flowers of a magnolia tree diagram are large and showy , while those of the cornel are often small and invisible . What make the dogwood tree flowers ornamentally important in many cases is the modified leaves , known as bracts , that are around the humble flowers . They serve to bring attention to the flowers so pollination can occur via insects and razz . Flowering dogwood , for example , possess these bracts . Magnolia peak stand on their own peach and perfume , with some developing to as wide as 12 inch , such as those of the southerly magnolia .

Fall Color

The dogwood trees usually have splendid fall leafage , while the magnolia trees normally lack any autumn brilliance . While the southern magnolia is evergreen throughout most of its range , offer some winter interest , the magnolia as a whole do not produce bright fall color . For example , the leave on the saucer magnolia turn yellow or brown in fall , according to the Missouri Botanical Garden . However , dogwood species such as kousa and flowering dogwood have deserved reputation for generate bright free fall colors . Their leaves convert to shades of cherry , orangish , purple and yellow .

Uses

Most of the magnolia require large , exposed landscapes in which to grow , making them suitable as lawn or shade tree , but not for smaller yard . Their flowers make them possibilities as specimen Tree within their range . The dogwood ’s program in the landscape painting has fewer limit due to the tree ’s small size . While they stand on their own as specimen plant , you’re able to also utilize them for group plantings to take maximum advantage of their flowering nature in the outflow . Dogwoods are also appropriate for shrub borders , doll gardens , terrace and in forest gardens because of their modest height .

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