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Stardust®
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Cornus x ‘Rutfan’ Plants of this hybrid are more nearly like plants of C. florida in general outline and horizontal shape. However, the plants are branched and heavily clothed with foliage right to the ground for the entire width of the plant. The parent seedling was 11 feet tall, with a uniform spread of 19 feet at 19 years. Even when grass under the trees grew up through the branches to a height of 15-18 inches (which held the rain and dew and kept the foliage under conditions of high relative humidity for long periods of time), there was no evidence of infection by the fungus Discula. The white floral bracts are obovate with an acute tip. The bracts are distinctly separate and do not overlap at any point. The bracts of Stardust® are described as being the same (obovate) as those of Constellation® but the bracts of Stardust® are distinctly shorter than those of Constellation®.
The floral display of this hybrid typically starts one day after that of Ruth Ellen® and two days after the completion of the floral display periods of most plants of C. florida. Further comparison reveals that the floral display period for this hybrid begins about one day before that of Constellation® and three to five days before that of Aurora®, Celestial® and Stellar Pink®.
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