A native we do not grow
Pacific Dogwood
Cornus nuttallii. Medium tree, 15 to 50 feet where planted, zones 7 to 9; full sun, part shade or shade; dry or average ground.
We do not grow Pacific dogwood, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
At a glance
| Other names | Mountain dogwood, western dogwood, Pacific flowering dogwood, mountain flowering dogwood |
|---|---|
| Form | Medium tree |
| Height, feet | 15 to 50 where planted; up to 79 in its native stands |
| Spread, feet | Up to 25 |
| Zones | 7 to 9 |
| Sun | Full sun, part shade or shade |
| Soil moisture | Dry or average ground |
| Growth | Medium |
| Leaves | Deciduous |
| Traits | Showy flowers, fall color, wildlife value |
| Flowers | April to July |
| Fruit | Drupes, September to October |
| First crop | About 6 years (first flowers; seed from 10 in the seed manual) |
| Pollination | Not known whether one bears alone |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Ground | The forest understory, stream banks and rich moist slopes |
| Native in | 4 states |
Pacific dogwood is native in 4 states: California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from the Fire Effects Information System.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it flowers and fruits, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its trunk How a big one scores against the champion trees
For the same ground, we grow
These trees we grow share the most of Pacific dogwood's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Read from
Its figures come from the Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System, the Woody Plant Seed Manual, the USDA PLANTS Database, the Missouri Botanical Garden, Oregon State University's Landscape Plants, Cal Poly's SelecTree, the Wildflower Center, Calscape and the Jepson eFlora.