Considered by some the beautiful dogwood native to Florida is the flowering dogwood , but it can not be grown in the warmest reach of the Sunshine State . There are three other coinage of dogwood that are native to Florida , appropriate for garden use if their growing needs can be accommodated . These three are best in soused soils and do not have big sporty bracts . Florida is in USDA Hardiness zones 8 through 11 .

Flowering Dogwood

This deciduous forest tree is among North America ’s most beautiful in kind and flower with great bract and white modified leaves that look like flower petal . blossom dogwood ( Cornus florida ) is native to the shaded timber in northern Florida to as far to the south as cardinal Orange County . The hot Florida sun and summer mandate that this Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree get mottled light under the arm of tall pine or shade trees to prosper . Moreover , if winter temperature are not cool enough , flowering the follow spring is diminish . modest red berries happen in autumn . This species need a moist but well - draining garden soil that is acidulous and rich in organic affair . It grows 20 to 25 feet tall and 15 to 20 feet all-embracing , and is sound in USDA zona 8a through 9a , no further south than Orlando .

Swamp Dogwood

Native to the wetland across peninsular Florida , swampland dogwood ( Cornus foemina ) get into a belittled shrubby tree diagram about 15 feet tall and 12 fee all-embracing at maturity . This is the most far-flung native dogwood as it grows in sunny and shady wetland as well as in a occasional garden mount . It is a multi - trunked plant that drop off its folio in the winter , albeit briefly . The tiny lily-white flowers are stand in cluster on Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree branches in springiness , conform to by small dark berries by fall . Grow it in USDA zones 8a through 9b .

Silky Dogwood

The silky dogwood ( cornu amomum ) produces snowball - like clusters of bantam whitened peak that draw in butterfly stroke in later spring . The flowers develop into wan blue berries . Growing along watercourse and lakes , this prominent shrub to lowly tree reach a top of 10 foot and a spread of 6 to 9 foot . It is native to the northern part of Florida , and thus secure in USDA zona 8a through 9a . remotion of lowermost branches creates a little tree in a garden place setting .

Roughleaf Dogwood

Also modest in size and rise no taller than 15 foot in height and to a spread of 10 feet is the roughleaf dogwood ( Cornus asperifolia ) . As the name imply , the leave of absence are hairy and rough , unlike the smooth glossy texture of the other mintage aforementioned . clustering of tiny white flowers appear in other May and become small white berries bind on reddish stems . This plant value damp to wet acidic soil in partial shade to dappled sunlight in a woodland garden setting . It is well originate in USDA geographical zone 8a / b in only the northerly reaches of Florida .

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