Sgt. Pepper® Dogwood
Cornus alba ‘Verpaalen2’ PP#34,377; CBRAF
4–6 feet high x 6–8 feet wide
Zone 3
Full to part sun
Original price was: $55.$41.25Current price is: $41.25.
Sgt. Pepper® Dogwood by Proven Winners is a bold, highly ornamental shrub prized for its striking variegated foliage and vivid red stems that shine in the winter landscape. Cream-edged green leaves provide bright contrast through the growing season, while the colorful stems deliver exceptional off-season interest after leaf drop. Its upright, multi-stemmed habit makes it ideal for mixed shrub borders, foundation plantings, hedging, or as a year-round focal point. Sgt. Pepper® Dogwood is adaptable and cold hardy. Periodic renewal pruning enhances stem color and keeps the plant vigorous and eye-catching season after season.
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.