Cornus alba,popularly known as red-barked or Siberian dogwood,is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae,native to Siberia,northern China and Korea. It is a medium-sized suckering deciduous shrub forming a thicket of slender,red stems that become bright crimson in winter. Leaves ovate,turning reddish in autumn,flowers small,creamy,in flat heads; berries bluish-white. It is very popular as a decorative shrub in parks and gardens on account of its notable red stems that pertain through fall and into late winter. Cornus alba can grow to 3 m high. For the brightest winter bark,cutting to the ground some older stems at the end of the winter,before leaves are open,boosts young shoots |