This is a selected variety of a species not originally from North America. It is highly tolerant of urban pollution and will even thrive in inner city environments. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is an amazingly adaptable plant, tolerating both dry conditions and even some standing water.
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This shrub does best in full sun to partial shade. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front, and is suitable for planting under power lines. Ivory Halo Dogwood will grow to be about 6 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 5 feet. Ivory Halo Dogwood is recommended for the following landscape applications This dwarf dogwood has brilliant red winter stems and showy, light green and creamy white leaves, but at only two-thirds the size of many of its species. It has no significant negative characteristics. This is a relatively low maintenance shrub, and can be pruned at anytime. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition. Ivory Halo Dogwood is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. The red branches are extremely showy and add significant winter interest. It has clusters of creamy white flowers at the ends of the branches in late spring. The pointy leaves are highly ornamental but do not develop any appreciable fall color. Ivory Halo Dogwood has attractive white-variegated green foliage throughout the season. Alternatively, if severe pruning seems to onerous, one quarter or one third of the oldest stems could be pruned in early spring of each year, to stimulate the growth of new stems.A compact and very hardy shrub, well suited for color contrast in many garden applications features very showy white-variegated foliage and brilliant red stems which show up well against the winter snow This radical pruning, however, means that you will have a bare spot in the garden for a few weeks and miss the creamy-white flowers or attractive berries since they only form on second-year growth. It still showcases its signature red twigs in the winter months and puts on a beautiful display. This dogwood has a better shape and foliage retention through the summer months compared to some of the others. For the best display, cut the stems flush to the ground every 2-3 years in early spring, just as the leaf buds start to swell. The Ivory Halo Dogwood has variegated leaves (meaning they have a combined striping of green and white foliage) and is a compact grower. While pruning is not required, it should be noted that the best winter stem color appears on new growth.Great choice for shrub borders, as an informal hedge or screen, for foundation plantings, banks and slopes (erosion control), or planted in naturalistic plantings where it can freely spread and form thickets. Looks spectacular when massed to emphasize and accentuate the cold season red stem color.Easy to grow, easy to care for, deer and rabbit resistant.Generally disease free, Cornus alba may be affected by aphids, mussel scale, horse chestnut scale and glasshouse red spider mite.It is more vulnerable to diseases in hot summer climates (south of USDA Zone 7) Tolerates many conditions, including wet soils, dry soils, poor soils. It is not fussy about soils provided they are kept evenly moist and well-drained. Performs best in full sun to part shade, in organically rich, medium moisture, well-drained soils.Promptly remove root suckers if colonial spread is undesired The foliage of elliptic to ovate, variegated cream and green leaves may turn attractive shades of purple-red in the fall. While not especially showy, they attract butterflies and pollinators and give way to clusters of white berries, sometimes tinged with blue, that are greedily devoured by birds. wide (5 cm), appear in late spring and sometimes sporadically flower in late summer or early fall. Flat-topped clusters of tiny creamy-white flowers, 2 in. They develop their intense and showy red coloration in fall and winter. Use to provide multi-season interest in shrub borders, mass plantings, or as a low hedge. The stems are often numerous and beautifully radiate from the base of the shrub. This dwarf dogwood has brilliant red winter stems and showy, light green and creamy white leaves, but at only two-thirds the size of many of its species. A spectacular addition in the garden for most seasons, Ivory Halo certainly adds a WOW! to a winter landscape.Ĭornus alba Ivory Halo is a multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub with an upright oval to rounded habit. Rapidly-growing, adaptable to wet soils or dry soils, it enjoys spectacular decorative features: attractive berries, showy red stems and a lovely variegated summer foliage. Noted for its colorful stems and twigs in winter, Cornus alba Ivory Halo (Tatarian Dogwood) is a compact deciduous shrub with great appeal.