# Chinese Dogwood 'Satomi'

**URL:** <https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/chinese-dogwood-satomi/232>\
**Category:** Summer 2020: Garden Trees or Shrubs\
**Created:** [July 18, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/chinese-dogwood-satomi/232 "2020-07-18T05:31:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![slystone](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@slystone](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/slystone)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/chinese-dogwood-satomi/232/1 "2020-07-18T05:31:35Z")

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Chinese Dogwood ‘Satomi’ commonly called Kousa dogwood, is a small, deciduous flowering tree or multi-stemmed shrub that typically blooms in late spring. The showy parts of the Kousa dogwood “flower” (3-5” across) are the four narrowly pointed petal-like white bracts which surround the center cluster of insignificant, yellowish-green, true flowers. This is planted in deep shade in my garden and even now the blossoms are interesting.

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**Author:** ![lorna.doucette](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/user_avatar/forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/lorna.doucette/32/32_2.png) [@lorna.doucette](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/lorna.doucette)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/chinese-dogwood-satomi/232/2 "2020-07-18T14:47:34Z")

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It’s lovely Sylvia! Do you prune it at all? I have one that is more of a tree form and it is quite spindly. It does produce a few of the pink bracts and they are so beautiful in the shady area of the yard…the tree just needs to beef up a bit!

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**Author:** ![slystone](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a698b9/32.png) [@slystone](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/u/slystone)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://forum.comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/t/chinese-dogwood-satomi/232/3 "2020-07-18T22:15:32Z")

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HI Lorna. I only prune if there is a wayward branch or broken (new puppy has a habit of running into it 🙄. I suspect it is because it is in partial shade that it is not going to get as big as it would normally do so.