The Dogwood is normally a shrub but can be a tree. This one I found outside JD Shed in a shrub form. They are planted ornamentally and grown to a rough height of 3-4m. They are quick to colonize as birds spread their seeds very quickly.
The Branches are dark red in winter and become very distinctive when leaves fall off.
The leaves are oval and pointed and and grow on opposites of the stem. They have 3-4 pairs of prominent veins which when the leaf is split and the 2 halves pulled away they will stay joined by the veins. They have a reddish stem. The leaves are about 10cm long.
The buds are black coming off the reddish stem. They are about 2cm long. The have small white flowers grouped in large terminal clusters. They also have blackish rounded berries.
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