Aurora^®
 

Cornus x ‘Rutban’ U.S. Plant Patent No. PP 7205 Plants of this hybrid are very vigorous and erect in habit but are uniformly quite wide from top to bottom.  The period of floral display is quite similar to that of Celestial® and Stellar Pink®, and starts a few days after the floral display periods for Ruth Ellen®, Stardust® and Constellation® begin and five to seven days after the completion of the floral display periods of most plants of C. florida.  At the peak of floral display, the flower heads are so dense that very little of the foliage on the tree shows through.  At the age of 19 years, the plants are about 20-25 feet tall and 19.5 feet wide. The flower heads have large bracts that are velvety and heavily textured in appearance.  The bracts are white and become creamy-white as they age.  They are nearly rounded to obovate with a broad, tapering base and an acute tip.  The margins of the basal one-third of adjacent bracts typically overlap.

* Please note that the photos throughout this website are all correct and that the photos of Aurora® and Constellation® in the corresponding advertisement published in the September 1st, 2005 issue of American Nurseryman are reversed.  All other photos in the advertisement are correct.  We apologize for any confusion that this may have caused.

Last Updated: 08/31/2005