cornus canadensis

In a message dated 3/1/99 10:10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time,
genebush@OTHERSIDE.COM writes:

<<         I have tried to grow the Cornus once and promptly killed it. I have
been
 looking for a supplier who has success with it close to this area. Does
 very well in nursery pots so can get it many places, just think I would
 have better luck with one that grows closer to home. I probably need to
 kill at least a couple more to find out exactly what their secret is for
 growing and propagation. >>

I know this plant well.  In the Adirondacks it may be a roadside plant.  We
had this litle dogwood growing on north facing land, it was in deep shade. A
shaft of light may have reached it as happens in woodland.  This a beautiful
plant with good foliage.

I brought clumps to my Albany area property at that time and lost every
transplant.  The soil needs to be strongly acid.  The cornus c. is grown from
a stoloniferous clump taken from the edge of a the wide patches it forms in
the woods.  It is important to have the growing live stolons.  You may also be
more successful growing from seed on site.  It seemed that the plant asked for
little in special conditions until you studied the natural growing locations.

You got the feel that cornus candensis would be in a certain cool, shady area
along with several ferns that shared that location.  pH is underrated when
trying woodland plants.  The cornus habitat was consistently under or at the
edge of balsams, spruces and cedars.

Many of these natives should grow in my woods in East Nassau but being early
to emerge they are are cropped by the deer.  We have virtually no early
emerging plants in the woods now. A great patch of woodlily here ten years ago
is completely wiped out.
Hepatica is also entirely gone.

Claire Peplowski
East Nassau, NY
z4
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