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North lanarkshire, Scotland, very windy, wet and cold often, United Kingdom Gb

Any one help me with this . I do not know what it is I have it planted and not sure if it is a tree or a shrub. it has grown to 5 feet at the moment and has a woody stem with these leaves it usually loses its leaves and just do not know what type it is. I dont remember if it ever flowered. I would normally have left it without pruning. ( but a "helper" pruned it very hard and I feel it has never recovered!



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The species - Cornus alba, and the cultivar is probably 'Sibrica'. It's one of the North American dogwoods, 'Sibirica' being the one with the brightest winter stems. Phil J

14 Oct, 2010

 

Yes, you normally leave it over winter to appreciate the colour of the stems then prune back hard in spring.

14 Oct, 2010

 

Thank you . i will now be able look into this and read about it now.

14 Oct, 2010

 

I'm intrigued by the variegated leaves top right of your picture - are these part of the same plant, Marydoll?

15 Oct, 2010

 

lol Need to go out and investigate tomorrow Bamboo!

15 Oct, 2010

 

I only ask because if they are, I suspect you have either Cornus alba Elegantissima or Sibirica - and the plain leaves at the bottom are reversion and should be removed...

16 Oct, 2010

 

No variegated leaves Bamboo, Must have been the light!
Should I leave the "trunk " clear and prune right to the trunk and shape it a bit like a tree. or leave the stems growing out the "trunk" and just thin it out. (Pruning and cutting back is not really my thing! lol thanks all

20 Oct, 2010

 

Hmm, I'd like to see a pic of the whole plant before answering that one, to get a sense of its shape and size

20 Oct, 2010

 

I will take a photo of the poor plant soon and post it. Im a bit ashamed of the state of it to be honest. Originally ( before cutting) it was lovely and bushy! this year its just a mess! dont even know if the heavy heavy snow was bad for it
! It will be interesting to see what u think of it!! thanks

20 Oct, 2010

 

Hi bamboo I have put a couple of pictures on of full tree
Thanks.

13 Nov, 2010

 

Have responded to your PM

13 Nov, 2010

How do I say thanks?

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