CATTON ARBORETUM

Cornus controversa Pagoda

Common name: Wedding cake tree

Year planted: 2012

Country of origin: South East Asia

Year introduced: Pagoda is a form specially selected for its regular habit in the Netherlands in 1980

Description: A Dogwood, it is relatively slow growing but can reach 15m in time. Produces flattened horizontal tiered branches, hence its Pagoda shape. Numerous small creamy white flowers are produced in flattened cymes in early summer.

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Tree number: 60
Cornus controversa Pagoda (Wedding cake tree)