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.

 

[Newbie]

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.

I’ll see if I can get a better picture. Most of the buds are alternating although some are very close together & the picture makes them appear as pairs.

 

[Telemark]

Ah, ok then it very well may be some kind of willow. Are the deer eating it?

 

[Newbie]

Ah, ok then it very well may be some kind of willow. Are the deer eating it?

Yeah there was some browse on it, but it didn’t look like it was being hammered either. I’ll have to walk by & get another good look at it

 

[Newbie]

The other was silky for sure. I made some cuttings & will see if I can get them to propagate. I’m aware these aren’t all ideal size but since it was my first go at it I figured I’d cut big small and in-between & monitor so see what’s going to work for me. Bit of a learning curve.

Found tons of silky all over the area. Just one ROD so far but I’ll have to ask the landowner if I can take some cuttings.

Might order some cuttings of ROD to get some plants going this year and see if I can get some plants going & established while I continue he my scavenger hunt. I think my wife thinks I’ve gone mad.