One of the best Flowering Dogwoods on the market is the ultra-colorful Cherokee Chief (Cornus florida ‘Cherokee Chief’). If you want to make a big statement in your landscape, this Dogwood should be strongly considered.

This deciduous tree has shades of red coloration from start to finish. The floral bracts surrounding the tiny true flowers are bright ruby. The new leaves come out with a definite red overlay, and burnish back to burgundy in fall.

Let this low-branched accent tree become a living exclamation point in your yard. You’ll look brilliant with this fiery choice.

Wide-spreading branch structure looks delicate and lyrical. The Dogwood bloom season is all the more romantic with a red-flowering variety like this one.

The intricate blooms are comprised of four wide bracts, held flat behind a button-like center of tiny, true flowers. These trees are great early spring nectar resources for local butterflies, who’ll come to call, all day long, for many days in a row.

Be a little patient with your young tree is pushing new foliage out for the growing season. Dogwoods are typically a bit slow to truly wake up.

The colorful new leaves are worth it! Each branch is dressed in a classy red cloak as the second colorful showing of the season.

Depending on where you use it, you’ll be tempted to place some comfortable seating near your Cherokee Chief. Enjoy the dappled shade cast by the textured, pointed, dark green leaves all summer long.

Customize your tree to the allotted space with an eye towards artful pruning. Site it carefully for the best angles, and plan to remove limbs as needed for a custom fit.

You’ll be thrilled you took the time to make this wonderful tree your own. It truly will look good all year-long.

This variety shines in fall, when the leaves deepen dramatically into rich burgundy-red. Look closely for the flower’s red fruits. The songbirds will certainly see them!

We won’t be able to keep these trees in stock. After all, many people across much of the United States love them, too. Cherokee Chief Dogwood is a wonderful choice, place your order today!

How to Use Cherokee Chief Dogwood in the Landscape

Use these showy Dogwood trees as a specimen to be proud of in your foundation planting. You’ll love the way the wonderfully intense color adds interest to mature evergreen shrubs. Make space for one 15 feet away from the corner of your house.

A series of multiple trees looks great on the sunny side of older evergreen trees. Add to a mulched raised planting bed for easy planting.

Add Cherokee Chief Dogwood and several of our incredible Redbud flowering trees on the east side of windbreaks and shelterbelts. You’ll easily add flowering interest and fall color.

They’ll make an incredible backdrop in your shrub border, as well. Repeat their use along your fence, and you’ll define your property in a gorgeous way.

For a solid display where the canopies grow together and touch, plant them 15 feet apart on center. You’ll measure from the center of one to the center of the next.

Vary the spacing from 15 to 30 feet apart on center, if you want a natural border along a woodland. Don’t use a straight line in this application; vary the spacing to create a loose zig-zag, as well.

#ProPlantTips for Care

If summers are very hot where you live, plant Cherokee Chief Dogwood where it will receive morning sun and partial shade in the afternoon. Otherwise, full sun will help your tree generate the best color.

If you can, plant it in slightly acidic soils that are well-drained. If your soil is alkaline, add several handfuls of peat moss to your planting backfill soil. Use a raised bed for faster drained soils, if needed.

Spread a three-inch layer of pine bark mulch or pine straw spread over the root system. Reapply regularly, as it will break down to nourish your soil.

Give your Dogwood trees a medium amount of water on a regular basis. This is especially important for young trees in their first season. Water the trees well each year as you head into winter, too.

Use the Finger Test to determine if your plant needs water. Stick your finger into the soil near your new tree. If the soil is moist, skip watering that day. If it is getting dry, it’s time to water.

Prune Cherokee Chief for shape once the rosy-red flowering display is done. Decide which branches to keep before you pick up your loppers.

Remove crossed branches and branches heading into the interior of the canopy. Make pruning cuts at 45-degree angles above an outward-facing bud. Keep your loppers clean and sharp.

You’ll love the extreme color display of these easy-care small trees. Order Cherokee Chief Dogwood today!