Dogwood Sibirica Varieg

.‘Sibirica’ is a  dogwood that is noted for its brilliant red stems in winter that are particularly showy on sunny days with snow on the ground. It is a rapid-growing, multi-stemmed, suckering, deciduous shrub that grows to a maximum size of 4-7’ tall on erect, usually unbranched stems. Tiny, yellowish-white flowers appear in flat-topped clusters (to 2.5” diameter) in late spring, with sparse, intermittent, additional flowering sometimes continuing into summer. Flowers give way to clusters of bluish-white drupes in summer. Fruit is quite attractive to birds and is generally considered to have as much if not more ornamental interest than the flowers. Ovate-elliptic, medium/dark green leaves (to 4.5” long) turn reddish purple in fall. Red winter stems gradually turn darker as spring approaches. Tatarian dogwood is similar to redtwig dogwood (C. sericea/stolonifera), but generally does not spread as aggressively. Synonymous with and sometimes sold in commerce under Cornus alba ‘Westonbirt’.