Being taller and with slightly larger leaves, this variety of ‘Chinese dogwood’ is a geographical form of the Japanese species.
The Chinese variety is very elegant and beautiful and was introduced into Britain in 1907.
It is regarded as one of the most popular and valued garden plants introduced by the great plant-hunter, Ernest Henry Wilson.
Although produced in abundance, the flowers are insignificant; it is the four white bracts surrounding each flower that are spectacularly conspicuous in summer, making this shrub one of the best for the garden.
The flowers and bracts are followed in autumn by masses of attractive, strawberry-like, red fruits, which also bear a slight resemblance to lychees.
Found here

Lakeside Woodland Gardens

Lakeside Woodland Gardens
Discover more Sino-Himalayan Plants
Harewood’s Himalayan Garden contains many rare and unusual plants, many of which were introduced by intrepid plant explorers, and include Blue Poppies, Cobra Lilies, Primulas and Orchids, all planted amidst a host of trees, shrubs, rhododendrons and bamboos.

Phyllostachys aurea ‘Holochrysa’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Calanthe tricarinata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Daphne bholua ‘Jaqueline Postill’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Primula florindae
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Pinus wallichiana
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Davidia involucrata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Rhododendron augustinii
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Phyllostachys aurea ‘Holochrysa’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Calanthe tricarinata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Daphne bholua ‘Jaqueline Postill’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Metasequoia glyptostroboides
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Primula florindae
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Meconopsis ‘Lingholm’
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Pinus wallichiana
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Davidia involucrata
- Sino-Himalayan Plants

Rhododendron augustinii
- Sino-Himalayan Plants
Explore the Collections
Harewood House Trust, boasts an incredible collection of furniture, ceramics, and paintings, as well as gardens and grounds brimming with plants from around the world.

Sino-Himalayan Plants

British Furniture

Italian Old Masters

British Portraiture

Sino-Himalayan Plants

British Furniture

Italian Old Masters
