Trinity Star Dogwood

I can see why.

Beautiful, such a lovely plant.

Cornuses like ater and higher humidity, don´t they Rkwright? It is often declared that they like sunny places, but it is danger at the young age, that it must be sunny place, but with permanently irrigated soil.

Some cornus shrubs are tolerant of standing water (Cornus sericea, or red twig dogwoods and grey dogwoods) but the ornamental trees like well-drained acidic soil because they are woodland trees. Cornus florida should have some shade, since they are understory trees but flower best in more sun. Cornus kousa also flowers best with more sun. Nursery grown dogwood trees are usually more adapted to lots of sunlight so they can usually be grown in quite a bit of sun. I generally try to plant dogwood trees in a spot where they get filtered sun through trees or morning sun but have had success in full sun. If you grow them in full sun when young, you just need to make sure they get water when they need it. They can dry up pretty quick. Also watch for leaf scorch. Overall, it is probably best to avoid too much shade though (especially with Cornus florida) because they get powdery mildew very easily and it can be bad enough to kill flower buds.

Thank you very much for all comments. My dogwood has something with leaves when there is too much dry hot weather, but I always thought those were burns. Is it serious damage?

Do the leaves appear burned just on the edges? I do see sun scorch on dogwoods, if the plant is otherwise healthy that is probably what it is. Over-fertilizing can cause it and so can frost damage. If it had new leaf growth and you got a frost, that is probably what caused it. I've seen a lot of Japanese maples this year with what looked like scorched leaves caused by frost.

Is this the same as Kousa, Rk?
One of them is going on my wish list!

Sort of, it's a cultivar of kousa dogwood. The botanical name is Cornus kousa 'Trinity Star'. It's a heavy -flowering form that is a bit smaller than most kousa dogwoods (12 feet tall and wide). There are several nice kousa varieties, Satomi (pink), Milky Way, Wolf Eyes (variegated).

Hmm...all probably too big for me, on reflection...unless, I tackle some wilder bit of my garden...

Most shrubs get close to 10 feet (I forget y'all use meters...about 2.5 meters haha). Not that big is it? They grow slow, you'll be old before that happens haha. Get a weeping form or a smaller plant. The old nursery guy I knew said if you want it, plant it. To hell with everything else, you only live once. Who cares if it gets big, let your grandchildren worry about removing it. They're pretty and they are worth it, trust me!

Lol! It doesn't seem so bad when you say it in metres, Rk. And, are you in cahoots with Monsieur B? That's pretty close to the argument he uses when I'm swithering about whether to buy something from him or not...and it usually works! lol!
...actually, I've just thought of something I could move to make just the right space...

Yeah I'd imagine most sales people say about the same things haha. The only time I tell people not to buy something is if they don't like it or if there chances of keeping it alive is slim. Really not too big of a tree anyways, they are a little more shrubby and slow-growing than Cornus florida dogwoods. There are a lot of dwarf forms too, maybe you could find a smaller variety that would fit better? Good luck finding one (if you decide to get one) and you'll have to let me know if you pick one out!

Will do! :)