Silky Dogwood

Has considerable winter interest as its bark is smooth and red.



Wet site hedge, wet site specimen plant especially if a clump is suitable.Rarely planted but considerable value especially in areas where most shrubs are bare during the winter.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Birds and small mammals consume the fruit.  Fruits used by birds and small mammals.

Riverine swamps, natural levees along streams, lake margins. Typically in areas with shallow annual inundation, typically during the winter/early spring season.

• Interesting bark, Showy flowers
• Larval host for cecropia silkmoth (Hyalophora cecropia) and spring azure butterfly (Celastrina ladon). 
• Attracts long-tongued bees, short-tongued bees, wasps, flies, and butterflies.