R J Trees and Hedging Ltd Registered office The School, The Green, Biddestone, SN14 7DG, United Kingdom, Registered in GB
Company Registration Number 13563017 VAT no. 392152401
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Dogwood - Red (Cornus alba)
£1.29
10% off Orders over £1000+VAT
15% off Orders over £2000+VAT
Minimum order value (all plants) is £300+VAT
Free Delivery over £300+VAT excl Highlands and Islands
Please order plants in multiples of 25
Key Features
Red dogwood (Cornus alba) is
- Suitable as a hedge plant or woodland shrub
- Non-native (for a native variety please see Cornus sanguinea)
- Deciduous
- Flowering
- Red stems
- Safe to plant near livestock (non-toxic)
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The specifications shown below are our normal range but we often have additional options. If there is something that you are looking for, it's often worth contacting us.
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Full Product Description
Our range of Red Dogwood (Cornus alba) bare root plants
We have Cornus alba bare root hedging plants in several specifications and heights. The 1+0 specification plants are seedlings (often called whips) which were planted from seed in the spring and are sold during the following November to April months when they are dormant ie they are 1 year old.
We also have Cornus alba transplants (1+1, 2 year old plants) which began as a one year old whip (grown from seed in one growing season) and are then planted back out for one more growing season in a different area of our fields at lower density to give each plant more space, nutrients and water.
Red Dogwood (Cornus alba) Summary
Nothing much of a plant until winter when it’s red stems brighten the bare brown hedging. Its leaves feed caterpillars of some moths, the pungent creamy white flowers are insect friendly, and the blue berries are popular with robins and other birds. Dogwood is not suitable for hedge laying. Normally Cornus sanguinea would be used in farm hedging (because it is native) and Cornus alba or Cornus alba Sibirica would be used in landscaping schemes.
Soil and Situation
Normal or moist soils in sun or partial shade. Not too fussy. Rarely found in Scotland, the very far west of Wales and the tip of Cornwall.
Leaves, flowers and fruit
The leaves are oval, about 6cm long, with curved veins and smooth edges and a good red autumn colour.
The flowers are white sprays, quite unpleasant smelling to our noses but attractive to a range of insects and the berries are blue and apparently “not even fit for a dog” but they are popular particularly with robins.
Eventual height and growth rate
The eventual height is about 2.5 - 3m and the growth rate is above average – about 40-60cm pa. If you trim dogwood stems to about 15cm from the ground, new growth will be rapid and brighter red.
Delivery Information
Free Delivery
For deliveries of orders over £300 + VAT, (which is our minimum order value) we have free delivery to all mainland areas nationwide. If you are in the Scottish Highlands or any of the Islands, please email us or call us and we will quote you a delivery charge which we will subsidise.
All orders are despatched on pallets and will be delivered to the kerbside. We will email you to tell you when your order has been despatched and that email will contain a link so that you can track your delivery.
You can request a specific delivery date when you place your order and we will do our very best to accommodate that date but cannot be held responsible if we do not meet it.
Collections from Ross-on-Wye
You can collect your plants by arrangement with our office team. Please ring us on 01989 552028 to agree a collection date. The postcode for collections is HR9 7TF.
As a trade nursery, we normally despatch stock unbagged (packed horizontally on pallets) but we can offer two bagging options.
Bagging Options
We have two options for despatching plants in bags (you do not need to have them bagged but it is advisable if there is any delay in planting and where you have large quantities, delay in planting some is inevitable).
- Very heavy duty black bags - normally used by farmers, landowners, landscapers etc
- Co-extruded bags which are white on the outside, to reflect sunlight, and black inside, to retain moisture on the roots - normally used by foresters.
In both cases, there is a considerable labour cost to us in putting stock into bags, and then the air in the bags takes up a considerable amount of space on the pallet which means that we get many fewer plants onto a pallet compared with unbagged stock eg for 1+0 seedlings instead of approx. 10,000 plants per pallet of unbagged stock, we'd only get approx. 5,000 plants per pallet if they are bagged. There's also a significant labour cost in putting plants into bags compared with loose packing on a pallet (which is the normal method for nursery to nursery sales). Given that we pay the delivery cost on most orders, supplying stock in bags is a significant extra cost for us for some customers and hence we make a modest charge.
You can specifically request black or white bags on the website after you add plants to your shopping basket. Here is a link to the page Bagging Service for bare root plants for farms and forestry – rjtreesandhedging. Please order the same quantity as the number of plants you are buying - the pricing for bagging is per plant rather than per bag.