Red Osier Dogwood

[Ben.MN/WI]

Agree with Telemark. I've never seen ROD with bud spacing that close, atleast in the wild. The second shrubs looks like silky dogwood to me. Try to get a look at the berries this fall rod has white the silky will have blue.

I think this is correct and neither of the shrubs pictured are red osier dogwood.

I'd recommend driving around some areas with wetlands and look for ROD on the edges. I also find a bunch in wet road ditches and those are great for using as cuttings since they are typically cut every few years and tend to have straight growth that makes them easy to plant.

 

[Newbie]

Agree with Telemark. I've never seen ROD with bud spacing that close, atleast in the wild. The second shrubs looks like silky dogwood to me. Try to get a look at the berries this fall rod has white the silky will have blue.

I agree with the silky, that's what I was thinking on the second one as well. I'm not sure on the first one either, I think I'm going to take some cuttings and see if they'll propagate & see what happens.

 

[Newbie]

Little further evaluation and I'm thinking the first is a red stemmed willow / Scarlett Willow (Salix 'Chermisina'). I'm not certain but I'm gonna look a little closer when I leave work today. If so, it's just a ornamental willow variety. Hope to cut some stakes from the silky dogwood (will also confirm ID prior) and see if I can propagate them.

 

[Telemark]

It doesn't look like a willow. The way the buds are arranged in pairs makes it look like some kind of dogwood. Could even be a Japanese maple.