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Dogwoods: Scarlet Fire®

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Scarlet Fire® Dogwood

Variety: Scarlet Fire®
Principal Investigator(s): Thomas Molnar, John Capik
Achievements: 2022 Gold Medal Program - Outstanding Plants for the Mid-Atlantic Garden by the Pennsylvania Horticulture Society (PHS)

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Strengths & Qualities

  • Rutgers’ first Cornus kousa in 45 years of breeding
  • Darkest, most-consistently pink-bracted selection, with deep pink to fuchsia coloration at its peak.
  • Dramatic bracts glow pink from a distance.
  • The original tree flowered heavy at only 4 years old and budded plants can set many floral buds only after two growing seasons!
  • The medium-to-large-size bracts are generally non-overlapping and pointed giving them a very distinct shape that along with their striking color sets this plant apart from other Kousa dogwoods in the landscape.
  • Developing bracts size up early and can be purple in color, with more pointed shape vs. the more rounded mature bracts.
  • Leaves are an attractive dark green with purple tinges in new growth, especially on young plants.
  • The moderately vigorous tree is well branched and grows 3+ feet in first year and to 8 feet tall in years 8-10.
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Intellectual Property

  • US Plant Patent No. PP28,311 issued August 22, 2017
  • Variety 'H3DR11P21' of species Cornus kousa Burger ex Hance
  • U.S. Trademark Registration No. 5,069,732 Issued Oct. 25, 2016
  • Registered Trademark No. 1358476 in Japan
  • Registered Trademark No. TMA1,038,321 in Canada
  • Switzerland CPVO Application 20160025998 Feb. 18, 2016
  • Community Plant Variety Right Grant. No. 53219 from the European Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) issued July 15, 2019
  • Madrid Protocol International Trademark Reg. No. 1,358,476 designating Switzerland, Japan, and EU
  • All trademarks are registered and continue to be enforced
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Scarlet Fire Dogwood Tree in nature
Rutgers Scarlet Fire® Dogwood Tree.
Rutgers Scarlet Fire Dogwood flower bracts
Scarlet Fire® dogwood flower bracts.
Rutgers Scarlet Fire Dogwood Fruits
Scarlet Fire® dogwood fruits.
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