red-osier dogwood

British

noun

a North American shrub, Cornus stolonifera , having bright or dark red wood, white flowers, and whitish fruit

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Those that can handle a lot of pruning include red-osier dogwood, Russian sage, butterfly bush, St. John’s wort, and other shrubs whose newest shoots are the ones that carry the best flowers or, in the case of red-osier dogwood, the brightest red or yellow stems.

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