This disease occurs only if weather conditions are very wet and humid in the spring.
Dogwood anthracnose fact sheet.
Early spring blossoms from bright yellow to creamy white.
The causal agent is the fungus discula destructiva and as the name suggests this pathogen is highly destructive.
Either tree or shrub form depending on species.
Chinese dogwood cornus kousa is tolerant of discula anthracnose and is recommended for nursery stock and replacement of dogwoods that have been killed by the fungus.
The causal agent is the fungus discula destructiva and as the name suggests this pathogen is highly.
Dogwood anthracnose is a disease caused by the fungus discula destructiva.
This aggressive disease can result in tree death.
Dogwood anthracnose infects flowering cornus florida and pacific dogwoods c.
Another possible substitute is cornelian cherry cornus mas.
For this reason it can be beneficial to plant your dogwood in late spring when warm temperatures will kill the fungus which thrives in cooler wet weather.
The fungus discula destructiva causes dogwood anthracnose leaf blight and canker.
Dogwood anthracnose can be prevalent in native dogwood populations in kentucky forests as well as in landscapes where dogwoods grow in shaded locations.
Dogwood anthracnose discula destructiva is often described as the most serious disease that affects dogwood species specifically flowering cornus florida and mountain c.
Dogwood powdery mildew has also become a recent major threat to dogwoods.
Dogwood anthracnose dogwood anthracnose is considered the most serious disease of flowering dogwood cornus florida in connecticut and the eastern seaboard.
Burgundy red fall foliage on most species.
Dogwood anthracnose is not to be confused with dogwood spot anthracnose discussed previously or shade tree anthracnose affects other shade trees but not dogwood.
Dogwood anthracnose is considered the most serious disease of flowering dogwood cornus florida in connecticut and the eastern seaboard.
Outstanding features small to medium size allows for many landscape applications.
It is also an important disease of pacific dogwood cornus nuttallii in the west.
Kousa are quite resistant to the disease.
Bright red or bluish black fruit.
Unlike spot anthracnose dogwood anthracnose can lead to tree death under certain environmen tal conditions.
Nuttallii dogwood species in the united states.
Patches of gray mold grow on the patches if the weather remains very humid.
Warm dry weather will curtail the disease.
Early spring blossoms from bright yellow to creamy white.
Several stellar hybrid crosses between c.
Kousa is also susceptible to infection but is highly resistant to the disease and typically suffers only minor leaf spotting.
