Saplings

Flowering Dogwood Sapling

Zones 5a–9bLive Plant
$39.99
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The Flowering Dogwood is a beloved Southern ornamental, blanketed in white or pink spring blooms and rich red fall foliage.

Flowering Dogwood Sapling

Size: 1-Gallon Starter Tree
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Saplings

Flowering Dogwood Sapling

$39.99
Size: 1-Gallon Starter Tree

The flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a native ornamental tree famous for its spring bracts and red fall color. A four-season beauty and wildlife favorite, it shines as a specimen tree in sun to part shade. Shipped as a 1-gallon starter tree, ready to plant.

  • Mature size: 15-30 ft at maturity
  • Grows best: Outdoors - Hardiness USDA 5-9
  • Pet safety: Non-toxic to cats and dogs
  • Sourcing: Nursery-grown by Wade Greens; ships healthy from our Lineville, Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.
  • Light: Part shade to full sun
  • Water: Regular while establishing
  • Soil: Well-draining potting mix; mulch outdoors to hold moisture.
  • Feeding: Light feed through the growing season.

Hardy in zones 5a–9b. Outside that range it can still be grown in a container and overwintered indoors.

Full colour is zones 5a–9b, where this plant is hardy in the ground. Lower 48 shown — that's where we ship. 2023 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, via the PRISM Climate Group.

How big does it get?
15-30 ft at maturity.

How much light does it need?
Part shade to full sun.

Is it safe for pets?
Non-toxic to cats and dogs.

How is it shipped?
Packed to arrive healthy and shipped from our Alabama nursery to the lower 48 states.

Ships as oversize freight to the lower 48.

What it costs

$29.95 flat, however many trees are in the order.

Ship days

Mondays and Tuesdays only — see below.

How it travels

A 1-gallon sapling goes in a tall box with the root ball wrapped and the trunk braced. Expect a large carton.

Where we can't go

Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. territories, P.O. boxes, and outside the United States.

Why we only ship Mondays and Tuesdays

A plant in a dark box is on a clock. Shipping early in the week means it reaches you before the weekend instead of sitting in a warehouse from Friday to Monday. It costs us a day or two of lead time and saves a lot of plants.

Practically: an order placed Wednesday, Thursday, Friday or over the weekend goes out the following Monday. We'd rather tell you that now than let you find it in a tracking number.

How long it takes once it leaves

Typical ground transit from Lineville, Alabama after the ship day. Estimates, not guarantees — weather and carrier backlogs happen.

  • 1–2 days Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arkansas, Kentucky
  • 2–3 days The rest of the Southeast and Midwest, Texas, the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast
  • 3–5 days The Plains, the Mountain West and the West Coast

Tracking is emailed the moment your box is scanned.

If something arrives unhappy

A little leaf drop or travel stress is normal and usually sorts itself out within a week or two of settling in. If a plant arrives genuinely damaged, email support@wadegreens.com within 48 hours of delivery with a photo of the plant and the box, and we'll make it right.

Plant Traits

The facts that decide whether it takes root, in the order that matters.


Sunlight

Full Sun (6+ hrs) · Partial Sun (4-6 hrs) · Partial Shade (2-4 hrs)

Six or more hours of direct sun. With less it stretches toward the light and flowering thins out.

Water

Moderate

Water when the top inch of soil is dry. Evenly damp, never standing wet.

Mature Size

12-20 ft

Where it settles once established. Plan the spacing for this, not for the size it arrives at.

Foliage

Deciduous

Drops its leaves in fall and leafs back out in spring. Bare in winter is dormant, not dead.

Works As

Accent & Specimen · Shade Tree

Traits

  • Native to the SoutheastEvolved in this region's heat, humidity and rainfall pattern, alongside the insects that feed on it. Less input from you, more value to the wildlife around it.

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