Early winter blooms: Adds striking yellow flowers to gardens before spring foliage emerges
Edible red fruits: Produces tart, vitamin C-rich cherries ideal for jams and preserves
Cold hardy and disease resistant: Thrives in USDA zones 4-8 and adapts to urban, clay, and polluted soils
Attracts early pollinators: Supports wildlife with nectar-rich flowers and fruit
Versatile landscaping use: Grows as a shrub or small tree, suitable for hedges, screens, or specimen planting
Cornelian Cherry: Hardy, Early-Blooming Dogwood The Cornelian Cherry or Cornealian Dogwood (Cornus mas) is a lesser-known gem in the Dogwood family, celebrated for its cheerful early yellow blooms, edible fruits, and hardiness! This deciduous large shrub or small tree blooms in late winter (in warm climates) to very early spring—often bef
Botanical Name
Cornus mas
Mature Height
15-25 ft
Mature Width
12-20 ft
USDA Hardiness Zones
4-8
Sunlight
Full sun to partial shade
Soil Preference
Well-drained, tolerates clay, rocky, and urban soils
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Arrived in great condition! Larger than expected and bushy with plenty of leaves. Got in ground and is doing well and thriving.
Would highly recommend!
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Carolyn · May 12, 2026
I haven't yet planted it outside because the ground is still to cold but it's growing very nicely in the pot in the house. We love it so far. It's now full of leaves and growing.
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Bernard · April 16, 2026
Beautifully healthy tree, exactly the size described was delivered in time for planting. A month later, she is settled in and putting on new growth.