Botanical Name: Rhamnus prinoides
Common Name: Dogwood

 

Use: Outdoors
Indigenous/Exotic : Indigenous
Evergreen/Deciduous : Evergreen
Plant Type : Tree or shrub
Flower Colour : Greenish yellow
Foliage Colour : Dark green
Best Season : Summer
Light : Sun
Hardiness : Hardy
Attributes : Attracts birds and bees
Height (m) : 4
Spread (m) : 4
    
Notes : Fairly fast-growing with attractive, dense, glossy, dark green foliage. The dogwood may form a bushy shrub or a multi-stemmed small tree. Suitable for a small garden. It can also be trimmed into a hedge or used as a screening plant. The small greenish-yellow flowers attract insects. The flowers are followed by brightly coloured  berries, which start green, turning to red then purple, about the size of a pea, which are loved by birds. Grow from seed.