Top native dogwoods

3 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

Dense Horizontal Arching Clear all

Filter

3 native plants

Sun and shade

Light

Part shade 3 Full shade 2

Soil and water

Moisture

Well drained 2 Moist 3 Wet 1

Water use

Low 1 Medium 1 High 1

Soil

Rocky 1 Sand 2 Loam 2 Clay 2 Organic 2

Soil pH

Acid 2 Alkaline 1

Toughness

Deer resistant

Resists

Black walnut 2 Erosion 2 Poor soil 2 Wet soil 1

Form

Habit

Spreading 5 Ascending 4 Rounded 4 Multi trunked 3 Erect 2 Multi stemmed 2 Arching 1 Creeping 1 Dense 1 Horizontal 1 Irregular 1 Mounding 1 Open 1 Oval 1 Pyramidal 1

Plant type

Perennial 3 Shrub 3 Tree 2