Cornus wilsoniana

A superb species from China, though virtually unknown in UK cultivation as yet, making a very large shrub or small tree to at least 5m with a frothing mass of white flower in early summer. The unbelievably good 'camouflage effect' bark makes a patchwork in shades of cream, green and grey-green. Slim attractive foliage has a pale reverse. Hardy, for any reasonable soil.