Dogwood Black Stemmed (Cornus Alba Kesselringii) is a medium sized deciduous shrub that has deep, emerald green foliage, which turns a beautiful shade of purple come autumn and, in winter, shows off its purple and black stem colour. It is a vigorous, upright hedge, making it a fantastic choice to be planted in big, bold and informal groups, alongside other dogwood varieties. White flowers bloom during spring and summer that then make way for white berries.
This hedge prefers full sunlight and/or partial sunlight in either an exposed or sheltered spot. They thrive well in either clay, loam or sandy soil that is moist but has good drainage. The Dogwood Black Stemmed can reach heights of up to two and a half metres, and the same in width too. It does take between five and ten years to reach the optimum height however.
Like the rest of the Dogwood hedges, they do not need regular pruning, but when you want to, a hard pruning session in the Spring will suit this hedge well. Why? Well, it will allow for the best colour to come through on its stems, as the younger the stem, the brighter the colour will be come winter.
Here at Hopes Grove Nurseries we would recommend planting these hedges two feet apart, to allow maximum growth. We have a range of Dogwood Black Stemmed plants available in bare-root form. For more information on this plant or any of our other hedging plants, call us on 01580 765 600 to speak to our specialist team members.
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Potted orders are usually despatched within 3-5 working days and delivery is 1-2 days after we despatch. Pleached tree and tall plant deliveries are booked in for delivery at the earliest possible convenient date.
Delivery is free for most orders above our free delivery thresholds, these are displayed above our prices in the product listings and summarized below. If you don’t need that many plants it’s not a problem, you can choose to pay our subsidised delivery charge and only order what you need.
Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait in, we will leave your parcel in the safe place that you nominate.
Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds your plants only travel the small hop to our packing shed before being sent to you, they are usually delivered within 5-7 working days.
Delivery is reliable – we have been selling and delivering Hedging Plants to our customers nationwide since 1992. We have a lot of experience in packing them safely and only use tried and tested delivery partners.
Smaller Plants (Parcel Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £300 | £9 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £300 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £24.00 |
Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Up to £500 | £50 |
| UK Mainland excluding Highlands | Over £500 | Free |
| Scottish Highlands and Isle of Wight | All orders | £90 |
Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)
| Location | Order Value | Price |
| Mainland England and Wales only | Under £1800 | Please call us |
| Mainland England and Wales only | Over £1800 | Free |
| All other areas | All orders | Not available |
Exceptions to our delivery charges are Scottish Highland and Isle of Wight delivery areas where we need to charge a little extra to cover the cost of deliveries to these outlying areas. We don’t currently delivery to other offshore addresses including Northern Ireland and Southern Ireland.
Tall plants over 2.5 metres have to be delivered by our own specialised transport, our delivery area is limited to mainland England and Wales only.
For pleached tree orders we can often deliver smaller orders of £600 or more (£500 plus VAT) with a contribution towards delivery, so please do call our sales team on 01580 765 600 or take a look at our Delivery Information page.
Please note there is a minimum order value of £50 for orders containing smaller plants and £250 for orders containing heavier plants
Complete delivery information can be viewed on our Delivery Information page
