Cherokee Brave Flowering Dogwood pink flower bracts
Cherokee Brave Flowering Dogwood showing the small true flowers in center surrounded by beautiful pink bracts that resemble petals

Cherokee Brave Flowering Dogwood

Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Brave’

  • Size: 20’-30’ Tall and Wide
  • Growth Habit: horizontal tiered branches
  • Growth Rate: Moderate
  • Light Requirements: Full Sun to Part Shade
  • Soil Requirements:  prefers well-drained but moist acidic soil
  • Appeal:  The Cherokee Brave Flowering Dogwood cultivar has pink flower bracts with four petals that fade to a white center. It flowers out in early spring. When the leaves first develop they are red tinted and eventually become green throughout spring and summer months and will turn a deep maroon/red color during the fall. It also provides red berries during winter for added interest and to attract birds. Native tree, deer resistant and tolerant to juglone.