Common Dogwood (Cornus Sanguinea) is a deciduous hedge that is large in size, often found within mixed hedging in the countryside. It is characterised by its beautiful autumnal foliage, producing fiery red and copper leaves that turn green as the season progresses. During spring and summer, the Cornus Sanguinea will also produce white flowers which, when pollinated, turn into black berries.

It has been used for many years predominantly as an ornamental plant to provide us with fantastic autumn colour in our gardens, and much needed food for wildlife during the colder months. 

Cornus Sanguinea hedging plants like to be planted in either partial or full sunlight and can work well in most soil types, and are especially well suited for chalky soil. While it prefers well-drained moist soil, it can still flourish in wet, windy and exposed areas. 

Common Dogwood can grow up to two and a half metres and the same in width, although it does take between five and ten years to reach its ultimate height. It is a great hedge for heights of 4-7ft, and we would recommend planting these 18-24 inches apart. Take this into consideration when thinking about how many Cornus Sanguinea plants to buy!

Common Dogwood plants are primarily available in bare root form, which is the most affordable way to buy hedging plants. For more information on Cornus Sanguinea or any of our other hedging plants, contact our specialist team on 01580 765600.

Delivery leadtimes update – May 2025

Spring is our busiest time of year and we are working through orders as fast as we can to get your plants delivered. To give you an accurate idea of when your order will arrive, these are the current lead times (delivery is 1-2 days after despatch):

– Orders containing only bare roots and root balls – despatched within 3 working days.

– All orders containing potted plants – despatched within 14 working days.

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 delivery charge and only order what you need.

Delivery is convenient – no signature is required so you don’t need to wait, we will leave your Cornus Sanguinea hedge plants in the safe place that you nominate.

Delivery is fast – because we pick orders daily from our own growing beds, your Common Dogwood 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)

Heavy Plants (Pallet Delivery)

Tall Plants 2.5m+ (Specialist Delivery)

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 deliver 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.

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.