Cornus kousa 'Watermelon Sugar'

Cornus kousa 'Watermelon Sugar' is a striking four-season dogwood prized for its dynamic foliage and abundant blooms. Young leaves emerge tricolour—nearly white with green flecks and soft pink flush on deep pink stems—gradually shifting to lush green throughout the growing season. Successive flushes display delicate white and pink tips against the mature foliage.

In mid to late spring, the tree bursts with star-shaped white flowers up to four inches wide. These give way to bright red fruits in late summer and fall, remarkable for their size and vivid hue. Autumn brings deep red to burgundy leaf colour, followed by handsome mottled grey-to-tan bark that adds winter interest.