SGT. PEPPER™

Tatarian dogwood, white dogwood

Cornus alba

'Verpaalen2'

PP#34,377; CBRAF

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Description: Sgt. Pepper dogwood (Cornus alba) is the cure for the dogwood doldrums! The clean green and white variegated foliage emerges with vivid pink tones in fall. Those fade in the summer, leaving just the refreshing variegation, until the shorter nights of late summer usher in a return of pink, and all the formerly white leaf margins transform to a bright pink. The stems also begin to turn a lovely deep red then for unforgettable color. This is such an incredibly pretty and unique dogwood that is sure to have major impulse appeal at the garden center. It's almost like a tri-color beech in dogwood form! We are delighted to make this unique European variety available in North America.

General Care

Highly adaptable, but does best in moist, even wet soils. Tolerates dry conditions once established.

Not strictly required. However, for best red stem coloration, prune about a third of the branches to the ground in late winter/early spring.

Mass plantings; cutting gardens; naturalizing; hedges; rain gardens; cutting gardens; foundation plantings.

Excellent as a cut stem for foliage filler.