{"product_id":"cornus-sericea-flaviramea-red","title":"Cornus sericea Flaviramea (Red)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRed-Twig Dogwood (Cornus sericea)\u003c\/strong\u003e, also called Red-Osier Dogwood, is a deciduous native shrub of moist ground, streambanks, and wetland edges ranging across most of northern North America from Alaska south to Virginia and California. Forms spreading thickets 7 to 10+ feet tall on upright slender stems that glow \u003cstrong\u003ebrilliant red through winter\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOval leaves turn wine-purple in fall. Flat-topped clusters of small dull-white flowers open in \u003cstrong\u003elate spring to early summer\u003c\/strong\u003e, followed by small white (sometimes bluish-white) berries that feed songbirds through fall.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFEIS describes C. sericea as a \u003cstrong\u003eriparian keystone\u003c\/strong\u003e. Widely browsed by a range of wildlife and heavily used by songbirds for fruit and cover. NC State lists it as a \u003cstrong\u003elarval host for butterflies\u003c\/strong\u003e and a pollinator-support shrub for bees. Seldom browsed by deer, so it holds its form in deer-pressure zones.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTraditional Indigenous plant; the inner bark was part of the kinnikinnick smoking mixture used by many Plateau and Coastal Nations. Documented NAEB uses for Cree, Ojibwa, and Thompson peoples (broader PNW record well-documented in regional ethnobotany literature).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCoastal-suited:\u003c\/strong\u003e naturally occurring along the Oregon and Washington coast in wet flats and streambanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCut a third of the oldest stems to the ground each late winter to keep the newest (reddest) stems coming. Classic native partner for Pacific Ninebark, Sword Fern, Western Red Cedar, and Nootka Rose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Flaviramea'\u003c\/strong\u003e is the \u003cstrong\u003eyellow-twig\u003c\/strong\u003e form. The classic red\/yellow stem pairing for winter garden impact. Both colors available; this listing is the red-stem companion pairing.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dragonfly Farm \u0026 Nursery","offers":[{"title":"Armitage","offer_id":43999596773464,"sku":"01004734","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/dragonflyfarmlanglois.com\/products\/cornus-sericea-flaviramea-red","provider":"Dragonfly Farm \u0026 Nursery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}