flowering dogwood 'Cherokee Princess'

A well branched and dense, outward spreading deciduous shrub or small tree, up to 4m in height. Large pointed leaves, rounded at the base, are pale to mid-green, turning coppery-red in autumn. Heavily floriferous, in May, large blooms, 12cm in diameter, of petal-like, snow-white, notched bracts surround a small, loose cluster of yellowish-green flowers. Narrow, red fruits are borne in late summer.