Arctic Fire® Dogwood
Cornus stolonifera ‘Farrow’
4 feet high x 4 feet wide
Zone 2
Sun to part shade
Winter is so long in Wyoming, yet we often don’t think about the visual interest plants could provide for the winter garden. Arctic Fire® provides outstanding winter interest with its beautiful, intense red stems contrasting nicely in our snowy environment! Arctic Fire® is perfect for small gardens or planted en masse. Plant a few more for use in winter arrangements and holiday décor. Very adaptable to various soil types.
Throughout this site, the following are used as guidelines for watering established plants:
These truly xeric plants can live with our 12 inches of natural annual precipitation and only need a winter watering during a multi-year drought, but they will thrive with a monthly watering. Overwatering will kill some of these. These plants are adapted to intermittent deep
watering with soil drying to a depth of a few inches between waterings. Watering frequency may be every couple of weeks during the active growing season and maybe only one winter watering for optimal care. These plants need regular watering somewhat like a bluegrass lawn so that
they never dry to depth in the root system during the active growing season, and need occasional winter watering to prevent root dessication and resultant plant
death. About sizes of our plants:
Sizes indicated with a # are roughly the equivalent in gallonage; so a #2 is about a 2 gallon pot size; b&b stands for balled and burlapped.