What Varieties Of Dogwood To Choose For The Garden?

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Despite the fact that the taste of dogwood berries delights not everyone, many summer residents are seriously thinking about growing it on their site because of the incredible usefulness of these bright fruits, which, by the way, can be not only red, but also white and orange, and even purple! But the variety of dogwood varieties (and now there are more than five dozen) can confuse even the most experienced gardeners! What varieties of dogwood is best to give preference to, so that they are guaranteed to take root and delight not only with abundant harvests, but also with the excellent taste of berries?

Firefly

The Firefly dogwood is a luxurious tree with spectacular pyramidal crowns formed by a truly incredible number of bright glossy leaves. And the bright buds of this plant exude a delicious aroma during flowering! During the season, a single adult tree of this variety easily gives up to fifty kilograms of juicy sweet and sour and slightly tart fruits. In shape, each berry resembles a tiny pear, and their weight rarely exceeds eight grams. The outer fruit crusts are characterized by a rich dark cherry color, and their pulp is characterized by an average density and unprecedented juiciness. The ripening of berries at the Firefly dogwood usually occurs at the beginning of September, and even if every single berry is not picked from the tree, they can easily hang there until spring!

Another undoubted advantage of the Firefly dogwood variety is its impressive frost resistance: this variety is endowed with the ability to withstand frosts down to minus thirty degrees!

Elena

This wonderful variety was specially bred in 1975 for residents of northern latitudes, because it is able to survive even thirty-five degrees of frost! By the way, it was obtained by crossing the Starokievsky variety with Vydubitsky. The fruits on these trees usually ripen in August, while each tree is capable of producing up to forty kilograms of berries. Dogwood berries of the Elena variety boast shiny crusts, a rich red color and a very original cup-shaped shape. Many hostesses love this variety because the flesh of such a dogwood is excellently lagging behind the seeds, which allows them to make excellent blanks!

Semyon

The trees of the late-ripening variety Semyon, bred in the last century on the territory of Crimea, are endowed with rather compact, but at the same time, rather dense oval crowns and equally well tolerate both severe summer droughts and merciless winter cold. In addition, the Semyon dogwood boasts impressive resistance to all kinds of pests and diseases. The fruits of this plant are characterized by a pronounced pear-shaped shape, weighing up to eight grams, a fairly dense skin and a rich dark red color. The flesh of the berries is quite dense, and they usually taste sweet and sour. This variety is great for making all kinds of drinks and preserves, as well as for canning.

Despite the fact that the fruits of the dogwood of the Semyon variety usually ripen towards the end of August, some gardeners are in no hurry to pick them before the first frost - supposedly after them the berries acquire a special taste. So, if you wish, you can try to act in this way!

Amber

This variety, bred in 1982, is represented by trees equipped with pyramidal crowns, on which juicy berries of bright yellow color appear annually. And when these berries reach the stage of final maturity, they become almost transparent - if you look through them at the sun, you will not be difficult to see even the seeds! Well, the most delicate yellow pulp, exuding an amazing tart aroma, will appeal to even the most fastidious gourmets! By the way, it is from this variety that desserts that are incomparable in all respects are obtained!

Seaside

These incredibly winter-hardy trees feel great in the middle lane and annually delight their lucky owners with incomparable fruits. Initially, these berries have a rich red color, and after a while they become almost black! The Primorsky variety can be attributed to the mid-season varieties, since it allows you to feast on juicy fruits already at the end of July, so this is a real find for those who are especially impatient!

Such varieties as Vydubytsky, Mosfir, Vladimirsky, Builda, Exotic, Coral, Tender, Elegant and Lukyanovsky take root very well in our latitudes, so when you see them on sale, you can safely purchase them - believe me, each of them is also on - good for his own!