![]() Common name refers to the cherry-like fruits which resemble in color the semi-precious gemstone carnelian (or cornelian). Strong growing shrub, with a wide, loose habit, average productive. In some years it is the earliest variety. Fruits are average in size, shiny yellow, very tasty, with a distinct pineapple flavour. This name was applied to this plant because it was seen as the opposite of Cornus sanguinea, known as the female or wild cornel. Flava (Cornus mas Flava) One of the oldiest varieties, known since the 17th century. Watson 2 Introduction Cornelian-Cherry is a slow-growing, small tree or large shrub preferring sun or partial shade and a well-drained soil. The specific epithet mas means "masculine" or "male". Cornus mas 'Flava': 'Flava' Cornelian-Cherry 1 Edward F. Cornus is also the Latin name for cornelian cherry. Genus name comes from the Latin word cornu meaning horn in probable reference to the strength and density of the wood. Fruits may be used for making syrups and preserves. Fruits are edible, although sour tasting fresh off the plant. ![]() Fruits are ellipsoid, fleshy, one-seeded berries (drupes to 5/8" long) which mature to cherry red in mid-summer. Sometimes reddish fall color, but generally poor with leaves falling off green. Leaves opposite, simple, ovate to elliptic, 5-10 cm long, 3-5 pairs of veins, dark green above. Red fruits develop and mature in the mid-summer. Its yellow flowers appear in early spring before the leaves emerge. Ovate to elliptic dark green leaves (to 4" long) typically develop insignificant fall color. Native to (or naturalized in) Oregon: Deciduous multistemed shrub or small tree, 20-25 ft ( 6-8m) high, spreading to 15 ft (4.5 m), oval-round outline, slender stems. Cornus flava Cornus mascula Cornus vernalis Phonetic Spelling KOR-nus mass Description The cornelian cherry dogwood is a deciduous shrub or small tree that can grow up to 25 feet tall and 20 feet wide. Each umbel is surrounded at the base by small, yellowish, petaloid bracts which are much less showy than the large decorative bracts found on some other species of dogwood such as Cornus florida (flowering dogwood) and Cornus kousa (kousa dogwood). Cornus mas Flava: Flava Cornelian-Cherry 1. CORNUS mas 'Flava'develops yellow fruits in summer. The flowers are small (510 mm in diameter), with four yellow petals, produced in clusters of 1025. CORNUS mas 'Flava' CORNUS mas 'Flava' This cornelian cherryhas yellow flowers at the end of winter and the beginning of spring. The leaves are opposite, 410 cm long and 24 cm broad, with an ovate to oblong shape and an entire margin. Yellow flowers on short stalks bloom in early spring before the leaves emerge in dense, showy, rounded clusters (umbels to 3/4" wide). It is a medium to large deciduous shrub or small tree growing to 512 m tall, with dark brown branches and greenish twigs. Scaly, exfoliating bark develops on mature trunks. It typically grows over time to 15-25' tall with a spread to 12-20' wide. ![]() Cornus mas, commonly known as cornelian cherry, is a deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to central and southern Europe into western Asia.
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