Create a red dogwood as a hedge

Ideally suited as a hedge or embankment planting

The Red Dogwood is very suitable for planting a high and - due to its very good branching - also dense hedge. Due to its many root runners that work in a soil-compacting manner, it can also be used as a Embankment planting conceivable - for example to fix sloping trenches and thus secure them. In addition to a pure dogwood hedge, you can also use the wood for mixed planting, for example in combination with rhododendrons, Boxwood or thuja.

Location and care of the hedge

Since the red dogwood, which is sometimes also referred to as the blood-red dogwood, is very vigorous, you should plant the young plants for a hedge at a distance of about one meter. The wood can be about five meters high and at least three meters wide, so it requires a lot of space. It is best to plant the dogwood on one sunny to light partially shaded location

with moist, slightly acidic soil. So that the soil conditions remain optimal, a Mulching. This also protects the hedge from drying out in the hot summer months, whereby you should water the shrubs regularly in dry phases. As a native plant, the red dogwood is absolutely hardy.

Dogwood hedge can be cut back vigorously

Another argument in favor of planting as a hedge is the absolute cut tolerance of the red dogwood. The wood can easily tolerate a strong pruning, whereby the best time for such a measure is directly after flowering. Regular thinning is also useful to remove old wood and thus pave the way for the beautiful, reddish young shoots - and of course better branching.