Life Span
Perennial
Perennial
Type
Shrub
Bulb or Corm or Tuber
Origin
Europe, Eastern Europe, Southern Europe, Western Asia
Eastern Europe, Northern Africa, Western Asia
Types
-
tecolate strain
Number of Varieties
22
0
40000
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Habitat
Brushlands, Deciduous forests
Lawn, Temperate Regions
USDA Hardiness Zone
4-87-11
0
99
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AHS Heat Zone
8-5
12-1
Sunset Zone
2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4, 5, 6
21,22
Habit
Oval or Rounded
Upright/Erect
Plant Size
Minimum Height
460.00 cm25.40 cm
0
3900
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Minimum Width
460.00 cm10.20 cm
0
6350
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Plant Color
Flower Color
Lemon yellow
White, Yellow, Red, Purple, Orange, Pink
Flower Color Modifier
-
Bicolor
Fruit Color
Red
-
Leaf Color in Spring
Light Green
Blue Green
Leaf Color in Summer
Dark Green
Light Green
Leaf Color in Fall
Yellow, Purple, Yellow green
Several shades of Green
Leaf Color in Winter
-
Light Green
Shape
Leaf Shape
Ovate
Palmate
Thorns
✔
✘
✔
✘
Plant Season
Spring, Summer
Spring, Summer
Growing Conditions
Sunlight
Full Sun, Partial Sun, Partial shade
Full Sun
Growth Rate
Medium
Fast
Type of Soil
Clay, Loam
Loam, Sand
The pH of Soil
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Drainage
Well drained
Well drained
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Late Winter
Late Spring, Early Summer
Repeat Bloomer
✔
✘
✔
✘
Tolerances
Variety of soil types
Drought
Where to Plant?
Ground
Container, Ground, Pot
How to Plant?
Seedlings, Stem Planting, Transplanting
From bulbs, Seedlings, Transplanting, Vegetative Reproduction
Plant Maintenance
Low
Medium
Watering Plants
Watering Requirements
Average Water Needs, Do Not over Water, Never Over-water, Requires regular watering
Keep the Soil well drained, Requires plenty of water during the growing season
In Summer
Lots of watering
Lots of watering
In Spring
Moderate
Moderate
In Winter
Average Water
Average Water
Soil
Soil pH
Neutral, Alkaline
Acidic, Neutral, Alkaline
Soil Type
Clay, Loam
Loam, Sand
Soil Drainage Capacity
Well drained
Well drained
Sun Exposure
Full Sun, Partial Sun
Full Sun
Pruning
Prune in early spring, Prune in late winter, Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves, Remove shoots
Remove damaged leaves, Remove dead branches, Remove dead leaves
Fertilizers
Compost, fertilize in spring
All-Purpose Liquid Fertilizer
Pests and Diseases
Red blotch
-
Plant Tolerance
Drought
Drought
Flowers
Showy
Showy
Flower Petal Number
Single
Single, Double, Semi-Double
Fruits
Showy Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Edible Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrance
Fragrant Flower
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Fruit
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Leaf
✔
✘
✔
✘
Fragrant Bark/Stem
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Foliage
✔
✘
✔
✘
Showy Bark
✔
✘
✔
✘
Foliage Texture
Medium
Medium
Foliage Sheen
Glossy
Matte
Evergreen
✔
✘
✔
✘
Invasive
✔
✘
✔
✘
Self-Sowing
✔
✘
✔
✘
Attracts
Birds
Insects, pollinators
Allergy
Mild Allergen
Skin irritation
Uses
Aesthetic Uses
Showy Purposes
along a porch, deck or patio, Bouquets, Cut Flowers, Hanging Basket
Beauty Benefits
-
-
Edible Uses
✔
✘
✔
✘
Environmental Uses
Air purification
Air purification
Plant Benefits
Medicinal Uses
Diarrhea
-
Part of Plant Used
Flowers, Fruits, Stem
Flowers
Other Uses
Decoration Purposes, Economic Purpose, Showy Purposes, Used As Food, Used as Ornamental plant, Wood is used for making furniture, Wood is used in construction
Basketary, deer resistant, Used as Ornamental plant
Used As Indoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Used As Outdoor Plant
✔
✘
✔
✘
Garden Design
Edible, Feature Plant, Hedges, Mixed Border, Screening / Wind Break
Bedding Plant, Container, Cutflower, Mixed Border
Botanical Name
CORNUS mas
RANUNCULUS asiaticus
Common Name
Cornelian Cherry, Variegated Cornelian Cherry
Garden Ranunculus, Persian Buttercup
In Hindi
cornelian चेरी
Persian Buttercup
In German
Kornelkirsche
Asiatischer Hahnenfuß
In French
cornouiller
Renoncule des fleuristes
In Spanish
cereza de cornalina
Persian Buttercup
In Greek
κορνεόλη κεράσι
Persian Buttercup
In Portuguese
cereja de cornalina
ranúnculo
In Polish
Krwawnik Cherry
Jaskier azjatycki
In Latin
Krwawnik Cherry
Persian Buttercup
Kingdom
Plantae
Plantae
Phylum
-
Vascular plant
Class
Magnoliopsida
-
Order
Cornales
Ranunculales
Family
Cornaceae
Ranunculaceae
Genus
Cornus
Ranunculus
Clade
Angiosperms, Asterids, Eudicots
Angiosperms, Eudicots
Tribe
-
Ranunculeae
Subfamily
-
-
Number of Species
45600
1
27800
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