{"id":13085,"date":"2022-02-11T12:00:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T17:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/?p=13085"},"modified":"2021-10-07T10:46:02","modified_gmt":"2021-10-07T14:46:02","slug":"japanese-cornel-notable-cultivars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/2022\/02\/11\/japanese-cornel-notable-cultivars\/","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Cornel &#8211; Notable Cultivars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cornus-officinalis-2-1024x678.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cornus-officinalis-2-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cornus-officinalis-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cornus-officinalis-2-768x509.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption><em>Cornus officinalis<\/em> at Biltmore Estates in Asheville, NC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting in late February, Japanese cornel (<em>C. officinalis<\/em>) burst into bloom with clusters of yellow flowers (zones 5\u20138). Native to Japan, China, and Korea, this lovely small tree (or large shrub) is one of a few plants that is an early harbinger of spring.\u00a0\u00a0Here are notable cultivars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8216;Sunsphere&#8217; <\/strong>grows\u00a020-25\u00a0feet\u00a0high\u00a0and is an exceptional heavy bloomer with its bright yellow flowers.  Sunsphere\u00a0was found and named by Mike Stansberry in Knoxville, TN. Flowers are\u00a0rarely injured by low night wintry temperatures\u00a0still common in late February  and March across the Southern Appalachian region (USDA zones 6 and 7).  This small tree can be purchase from Beaver Creek Nursery in Knoxville, TN as well as from other on-line nursery source <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"685\" src=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cornus-officinalis-Sunsphere-3-1024x685.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cornus-officinalis-Sunsphere-3-1024x685.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cornus-officinalis-Sunsphere-3-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cornus-officinalis-Sunsphere-3-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>&#8216;Sunsphere&#8217; Japanese Cornel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u2018Kintoki\u2019 Japanese cornel dogwood (<\/strong><em>Cornus officinalis<\/em>\u00a0\u2018Kintoki\u2019) is another fine selection. Kintoki grows more as a large shrub than tree-like @ 15 to 20 feet tall and wide. Training this shrub into a small tree is not difficult. Early spring masses of brilliant yellow blooms are followed by stunning red, cherry-like fruit that ripen in late August. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Kintoki <\/strong>is rated as one of the better cornelian cherries in the southeast U.S. The plant is notable for its heavy flowering, exceptional high gloss seasonal foliage, and exquisite exfoliating bark that gets better with the passing of time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Japanese cornel grows in any average well-drained\u00a0soil and in full sun to partial shade. Spring-summer foliage is dark green, and autumn colors varying from\u00a0light yellow to reddish purple before falling. As\u00a0the grayish outer bark ages, it chips off in tiny strips, exposing the yellow-orange inner wood. In late summer the\u00a0cherry red drupe fruits have colored up and are\u00a0consumed by foraging birds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting in late February, Japanese cornel (C. officinalis) burst into bloom with clusters of yellow flowers (zones 5\u20138). Native to Japan, China, and Korea, this lovely small tree (or large shrub) is one of a few plants that is an early harbinger of spring.\u00a0\u00a0Here are notable cultivars: &#8216;Sunsphere&#8217; grows\u00a020-25\u00a0feet\u00a0high\u00a0and is an exceptional heavy bloomer with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[444,657,747,1319,440,1373,1498,778,674,645,806,1357,665,853,551,1571,791,843,951,729,777,630,705,646,7,113,655,455],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13085"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13085"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13345,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13085\/revisions\/13345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whatgrowsthere.com\/grow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}