First Editions® Firedance™ Dogwood

You'll adore this well-behaved plant with four seasons of interest! First Editions® Firedance™ Dogwood (Cornus sericea 'Bailadeline') is a smaller, more compact garden shrub that meets the needs of urban gardeners.

Colorful Firedance Dogwood has plenty of ornamental features to keep you interested every season of every year. Firedance Dogwood definitely brings the "wow" factor...and then some!

In spring, basil-green leaves make a perfect backdrop for the tender multitude of exquisite, clustered white flowers that cover the tips of the branches. These flowers are followed by pretty white berries which bring the neighborhood songbirds to your garden to sing in the summer.

With cool fall temperatures, the leaves turn to a rich reddish-purple in a riotous mix. If you plant these with chartreuse or yellow-leaved shrubs, you're in for a spectacular fall show to enjoy with your family and friends.

With Firedance Dogwood, you'll even get to enjoy a special blaze of winter interest. After the leaves fall, young twigs and stems turn a bright red to heat up the winter landscape.

People grow showy Firedance Dogwood hedges just to have twigs to harvest for Holiday floral arrangements! Plan to cut several of the thickest, oldest stems to the ground in late fall.

Don't worry about these versatile, durable shrubs...they are cold-hardy all the way up into Canada. Their roots tolerate being wet, but can handle periodically dry soils, too.

Firedance Dogwood is a very popular choice that is in high demand by professional landscape designers across the country. Don't miss out on your chance...order enough to complete your entire project today.

How to Use First Editions Firedance Dogwood in the Landscape

It's not a surprise that these beautiful compact shrubs are perfectly happy in rich, well-drained garden soil. But they also work well in tough Rain Garden situations.

Firedance is a modern cultivar of a native shrub, and can put up with extreme cold and wet soils. Use near a pond or water feature, or as a slope stabilizer to hold soils in place.

You will be pleased by the amount of interest aroused by the nectar-rich clustered flowers. Use these lovely plants as a backdrop in a Butterfly Garden or mixed garden bed.

They are a nice height for a privacy screen behind seating areas. And because they grow lush and full all the way to the ground, you'll have no need of facer plants.

Plant them three feet apart for a fast screen, measuring from the center of one to the center of the next. Stagger several rows for a very effective mass planting to fill an open area with flowers, berries, fall color and winter interest.

Even apartment dwellers can make the most of their balcony by simply growing them in resin containers. Try a few of them along the railing, and you'll create a private flowering bower to daydream and catch up on your newest summer novel.

#ProPlantTips for Care

For the brightest winter stems, plant Firedance Dogwood in a sunny spot with at least six hours of sunlight. However, this adaptable shrub will tolerate partial shade, as well.

Well-drained soil is preferred. However, once it's established in your soil, Firedance performs well in wet soils and those that remain periodically dry.

Ensure it receives a moderate amount of water regularly for best results. Apply a three-inch layer of mulch over the root system, then pull it back from directly touching the stems.

In fall, prune the beautiful red stems for your Holiday containers. Trim the thick, old stems down to ground level.

Create a wonderful space all year-long with help from Firedance Dogwood shrubs. Order yours from Nature Hills today!