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Trim branches from shade trees to allow a little more light to hit the Kousa; however, don't allow too much sun to hit your Kousa. Morning sun and afternoon shade is an ideal situation. Unfortunately, nitrogen is the most widely used fertilizer nutrient for lawns and plants, although it will do more harm than good to flowering plants such as Kousa dogwoods. Nitrogen promotes a burst of green growth at the expense of flowers.
Too much nitrogen fertilizer, even if used on your lawn around the Kousa, may result in little or no blooms. If you pruned your Kousa the year before and waited too long to do so, you may have cut off the buds for the flowers. The genus name, Cornus , is Latin from the word, cornu , which means "horn.
The species name, kousa, is the Japanese name for this plant. Depending on the age of the Kousa dogwood, the tree takes on a different appearance. Young trees grow in an upright fashion and in somewhat of a conical shape. They are vase-shaped in their youth. As a Kousa matures, it develops more horizontal branching, rounded form, and becomes more wide-spreading.
The plant has a slow growth rate and prefers a sunny location but is tolerant of moderate shade. It does better in open areas like lawns than the native trees but it prefers some light shade, especially in the afternoon.
It flourishes in well-drained acidic soil, and while it tolerates some dry soil, it will not survive in waterlogged environments. This plant is more resistant to drought problems, more disease-resistant, and more cold-hardy than Cornus florida. The shallow roots make it difficult to transplant, however, the Kousa dogwood can be easily transplanted when it is young.
This is best done in the early spring. Soaked the roots for 24 hours like it said before planting. Seems green still but the buds never seem to open. Is in protected area — but still gets 12 hours of sun. Can anyone give me suggestions as to what I need to do?
Thanks for helping me—. My Kousa was also bare root and pitiful, frankly. It was planted in the heat of early August and it made it. Mine is 8 years old now and quite lovely. I cannot remember all the particulars of how long it took it to show signs of life but I do remember thinking it was not going to make it.
BUT, it did. I have a Kousa dogwood that is about 10 years old. It was given to me by my son and planted at our previous home. We made a move 7 years ago and transplanted the tree with success. This year it was covered with potential buds but when all the other Kousas in and around us started to bloom my Kousa buds and early leaves started drying up.
It is sitting bare and it is June I cut off one of the bloom stems and it and the tree under it look very green.
I have no idea what is wrong or what to do. We live in Virginia and had a strange winter as did everyone. Do you think I should just cut it down and start over. The tree is about 10 feet tall. I am not sure what to tell you about the tree. If the wood underneath a bit of the bark looks wet and green and alive, maybe you should let it try to revive.
Does it look like there is any disease on it anywhere? I have a Foster Holly that is about 8 years old and 15 feet tall.
It was absolutely covered with berries……….. But, even though it looks terrible, I have left it alone and some leaves, however sparse, have come out and it looks better.
Cutting the top third off of it would have ruined the shape. If your Kousa should get brittle where a small limb snaps off, you may be losing it. I hope not. Mine outdid itself this year…….. They are still green, of course. But I do find that they suffer in the summer heat and some leaves roll up and get brittle.
I love it though. I know this answer is not much help. Maybe someone else will answer with a better idea. Happy summer, almost! Thanks for answering, Diane. Hope someone else has some ideas. I am in East Tennessee and I had to smile when you mentioned that your hummingbirds use it as a rest stop.
So do mine. I love my Ruby Throated Hummingbirds. I hope someone else can help you with a better answer than I was able to give. I love all the great information in this column. I too have been given a large 8 ft Kousa in memory of my mom who died this past May. I want to plant it in my front yard for greatest enjoyment but it would get full sun for most of the day 10 am until 5 pm in Wilmington DE.
I can keep it well watered. Is that too much sun? Thanks so much!! Christine, My Kousa gets about the same amount of sun and though the tag on it said full sun to partial shade, I am wondering if too much sun is the problem. I watered it regularly since it sits in the middle of my perennial cottage garden next to the back of our house.
Mine is still showing no green so I cut about a third of it off hoping it would get a jolt and put out some leaves. When my Kousa was given to me after my mother died, it was a stick about inches tall and bare root. I thought it was just a native dogwood. And I truly did not expect it to survive. But survive it did. In Tennessee where I live the native dogwoods are undergrowth trees and do best in some shade.
But my neighbor has one that gets full sun and it is old and doing well. My personal opinion concerning Kousas is that they do better with some shade.
Mine is beautiful and blooms prolifically but as it gets hotter and hotter, it suffers and leaves curl on the edges. Christine, if your tree has not leafed out by now, I do not feel good about it. That should have happened a long time ago. This last winter was very hard on even established plants and trees and yours may have been one that did not make it.
I have a Foster Holly that really suffered and still looks terrible but it is alive. I think I am going to have to hire someone to shape it and cut out the dead as it is 20 feet tall.
Thanks for the help -the tree is fully leafed out and did flower appropriately in the nursery this spring.. The owner guarantees it for 13 months so that is good!
Maybe I will select a site with more shade but still in the front yard. I planted a Kousa this spring. It is about 4 ft.
Does it take a certain amount of time to adjust to being planted? Not sure if its going to make it? Did the leaves just get droopy after the weather turned so hot? I personally think they suffer if planted in full sun. I know mine suffers as it gets hotter and hotter and more humid. But, so far, other than some dry curled leaves, it is still growing and is now about 10 ft. Had I known when I planted the bare root stick I was given that it was a Kousa, I would have found a more forgiving place to plant it…..
I hope yours is as tough as mine. In what part of the USA do you live? My kousa is about 25 to 30 feet tall. I thought they fall around August. It had been windy here in RI. I feel this is quite early for the mess. Mykousa dogwood is three years old. It bloomed this year, but after a heavy rain all the flowers were on the ground and now the leaves are turning brown. What happened? I live in Massachusetts. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. I wonder if you have had intense heat in your area.
I know when we have had really hot, dry summers, my Kousa suffered. My tree is 8 years old now and it was a thing of beauty in the spring. Right now it is lush and green and covered in large red berries from all the blooms. It has not been as hot as usual this summer and we have had lots of rain. Not being an expert on these different trees, I can only hope it is a temporary problem with yours and next year it will be fine.
I have a Kousa dogwood that I planted last spring. It is about 7 foot tall now. Every year it starts out with beautiful green leaves. It never bloomed yet so I am kinda stumped. I do know that some years dogwoods have more blooms than other years. I believe the Kousas suffer in hot summer heat. The hummingbirds use it for a rest stop and the other birds that eat at the suet feeders also rest there.
I think Kousas really need some shade to perform their best. I wish I had known that before I planted mine where it is. The NPR garden show I listen to Mike McGrath had some advice for me — I emailed with my question about where to plant my kousa and the response was be sure ti have morning sun and at least 6 hours of sun per day.
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