Dogwood Leaves

It's so easy to be seduced by the beautiful flower colour of spring rhododendrons and summer roses. Let's give the trees in the Dog-Path garden the praise they deserve - like this slow growing Cornus (or Dogwood) with beautifully variegated foliage. My records name it as the variety Cherokee Sunset.

 What beautiful variegations are on these leaves!
Dogwood Tree Leaf - Cherokee Sunset

The back of the Dog Path Garden, where this Dogwood lives, is a very leafy garden. There are some beautiful rhododendrons nearby, who are already as big as this slow growing tree. The coloured Cornus leaves brighten up the spring and summer, and the autumn colours are spectacular.

 Typical colours of autumn.
Autumn Dogwood Leaves

Some words of gardening encouragement to all my Dogwood trees - I don't mind if you grow slowly. Get a good root system, ignore the pushy Rhododendrons and Hebes (I'll prune them back, I promise) and be as slow as you like! Hopefully I've got all the time in the world as well...