Cornus florida "Welch's Junior Miss" Small & Medium Shrubs The gardenia needs no introduction

The gardenia needs no introduction in the South

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few native perennials give so much for so little fuss

Give the plant what the mountain parents want: full sun to light shade and moist but sharply drained

Cornus florida "Welch's Junior Miss" Small & Medium Shrubs The gardenia needs no introductionCornus florida, the flowering dogwood, is the beloved understory tree of the eastern North American woods, widely planted for the great show of white spring bracts (the true flowers are the small green knot at the center), and, in selections like this one, pink. A deciduous woodland tree that grows in moist, well drained soil in sun or high, dappled shade, the dogwood rewards careful planting: set the root flare high, and never plant too deep.