This flowering dogwood is displaying attractive fruits in the Woodland Garden.
it is estimates that there are approximately 45 species of dogwoods (Cornus), though the genus is subject to much deliberation by taxonomists, though generally they are classified into four distinct groups, based upon their habit and flowers: the cornels e.g. C. mas; dwarf cornels e.g. C. canadensis; species with large bracts e.g. C. florida; and those with bractless flowers e.g. C. sanuguinea. The genus contains trees and shrubs from northern temperate areas, and they usually have opposite leaves. ‘Norman Hadden’ belongs to the bracted flower group, and is highly valued for its ornamental value, producing globular heads of small, star-shaped flowers, which are surrounded by elliptic cream bracts. These are followed in autumn by pendent, strawberry-like red fruits. This species is a hybrid of C. kousa and C. capitata, and was raised in Devon in the 1950’s by the breeder Norman Hadden.