![]() ![]() It is hardy to UK zone 5 and is not frost tender. A deciduous shrub or small tree sometimes 45 ft high, of spreading, rather open habit young branchlets covered with minute, flattened, greyish hairs. This density makes it valuable for crafting into tool handles, parts for machines, etc. Cornus mas is a deciduous Shrub growing to 5 m (16ft) by 5 m (16ft) at a medium rate. Cornus mas Lime Close Oxfordshire January 2018. Wood is extremely dense, and unlike the wood of most other woody plant species, sinks in water. It is also grown as an ornamental plant for its late winter flowers. It has an acidic flavor best described as a mixture of cranberry and sour cherry it is mainly used for making jam, makes an excellent sauce similar to crabnberry sauce when pitted and then boiled with sugar and orange, but also can be eaten dried. Cornus mas Cornelian cherry, European cornel or dogwood Bulgarian dryan, Greek. When ripe, the fruit is dark ruby red or a bright yellow. It only fully ripens after it falls from the tree. The fruit is edible, but the unripe fruit is astringent. Among the most popular dogwood species for bonsai are the European cornelian cherry (Cornus mas) with yellow flowers and edible oval red stone fruit. ![]() When ripe (mid to late summer), the berries resemble coffee berries. Fruit is an oblong red drupe containing a single seed. Flowers are small, with 4 yellow petals, produced in clusters of 10-25 together in late winter, well before the leaves appear. ![]() The leaves are opposite, with an ovate to oblong shape. This is a medium to large deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 15-40ft tall, with dark brown branches and greenish twigs. In the dogwood family Cornaceae, native to southern Europe and southwest Asia. ![]()
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