Alba white fruits and Flava yellow and sweeter fruits4. Common name refers to the cherry-like fruits which resemble in color the semi-precious gemstone carnelian (or cornelian). Cornus mas L., commonly named as cornelian cherry, is a bushy shrub or small tree producing. This name was applied to this plant because it was seen as the opposite of Cornus sanguinea, known as the female or wild cornel. The specific epithet mas means "masculine" or "male". The cornelian cherry dogwood is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow up to. Cornelian-Cherry is a slow-growing, small tree or large shrub preferring sun or partial shade and a well-drained soil. Use the search page to find addition photographs. View larger versions of the photographs and their details by clicking on them below. Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Cornus erythrocarpa Cornus flava Cornus mascula Cornus vernalis. Cornus mas 'Flava' There are seven photographs of Cornus mas 'Flava' in the JC Raulston Arboretum's Photograph Collection. Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. Fruits may be used for making syrups and preserves. Fruits are edible, although sour tasting fresh off the plant. Watson 2 Introduction Cornelian-Cherry is a slow-growing, small tree or large shrub preferring sun or partial shade and a well-drained soil. Fruits are ellipsoid, fleshy, one-seeded berries (drupes to 5/8" long) which mature to cherry red in mid-summer. Cornus mas 'Flava': 'Flava' Cornelian-Cherry 1 Edward F. Strong growing shrub, with a wide, loose habit, average productive. In some years it is the earliest variety. Fruits are average in size, shiny yellow, very tasty, with a distinct pineapple flavour. CORNUS mas 'Flava'develops yellow fruits in summer. Flava (Cornus mas Flava) One of the oldiest varieties, known since the 17th century. Ovate to elliptic dark green leaves (to 4" long) typically develop insignificant fall color. CORNUS mas 'Flava' CORNUS mas 'Flava' This cornelian cherryhas yellow flowers at the end of winter and the beginning of spring. Each umbel is surrounded at the base by small, yellowish, petaloid bracts which are much less showy than the large decorative bracts found on some other species of dogwood such as Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) and Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood). Yellow flowers on short stalks bloom in early spring before the leaves emerge in dense, showy, rounded clusters (umbels to 3/4" wide). Scaly, exfoliating bark develops on mature trunks. It typically grows over time to 15-25' tall with a spread to 12-20' wide. Cornus mas, commonly known as cornelian cherry, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to central and southern Europe into western Asia.
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