kousa 'Summer Fun'

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Summer Fun' is a shrub or small tree, up to 3m high, with variegated grey-green leaves with broad pale cream margins, which become flushed with pink and soft orange in autumn. The flowers, with showy white bracts, in early summer are followed by red fruits which are edible raw or cooked

Scientific classification

Species: kousa 'Summer Fun' (Cornus kousa 'Summer Fun')
Genus: Cornus
Family: Cornaceae

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Toxicity: Shrubs · Trees
Plant type: 2.5-4 metres
Height: 2.5-4 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of kousa 'Summer Fun'

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Quick identification of kousa 'Summer Fun'

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kousa 'Summer Fun' care guide

Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
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Watering

Moderate deep watering during dry periods, free drainage preferred

Fertilizing

Balanced shrub feed once in spring

Pruning

Little pruning is needed. Remove diseased, damaged, crowded or crossing shoots and unwanted growth. Timing depends on the plant: generally late winter or early spring; plants prone to bleeding and deciduous magnolias need different timing, and deciduous azaleas and lilacs are pruned after flowering.