Variety: Stellar Pink® Principal Investigator(s): Elwin Orton, Frederick Reynolds, David Gant, Constance Gant
Strengths & Qualities
Stellar Pink® are known to be very vigorous growers
This variety is erect in growth habit and is more uniformly full in width than are trees of Kousa dogwood
The flower (bract) heads are very attractive with a blush pink color
Stellar Pink® will produce a very vigorous growing and hardy tree
The period of flowering in the spring is quite like that of Aurora™ and Celestial®, and starts a few days after the floral display periods for Ruth Ellen™, Stardust™ and Constellation™ begin, and 5 to 7 days after the completion of the floral display periods of most plants of the American dogwood
Stellar Pink® trees are about 23 feet tall and 18 feet wide at 20 years of age
Stellar Pink® has good resistance to the diseases powdery mildew and anthracnose
Has displayed a high level of winter hardiness – USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6A
Intellectual Property
Interspecific Dogwood Variety – Cornus x 'Rutgan'
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