- Name: White Flowering Dogwood - Other Common Names: White Love Dogwood / American Dogwood / Florida Dogwood - Scientific Name: Cornus Florida Southern - Color: White Flowers / Red Berries - Plant Seeds: Fall Sow Seeds Or Cold Stratify / Outdoors After Frost / Indoors Weeks Before Last Frost - Bloom Time: Flowers March - May / Ornamental Berries Sept Into Winter - Hardiness Zone: 5 - 9 - Plant Height: 15 - 30' - Plant Spacing: 20 - 30' - Light Requirements: Sun - Part Shade - Soil Water Preferences: Average - Quantity: 10 Seeds - Other: The White Flowering Dogwood Is A Hugely Popular Small Ornamental Tree Native To North America. It Is The State Tree Of Virginia Missouri, The State Flower Of North Carolina. In Spring, 3 - 5" Flowers Form In Clusters Before The Leaves Appear. Blooming For About A Month, Bees Butterflies Will Enjoy Visiting For Nectar Pollen. By September, The Tree Will Be Covered In Ornamental Red Berries That Are Loved By Birds Other Small Animals. The Leaves Turn A Lovely Scarlet Red In Fall Topping Its Trunk Of Even Interesting Rough Patterned Bark. These Trees Are Able To Tolerate A Wide Variety Of Soils Including Rocky Or Clay Soil, Water Conditions From Moist To Dry.