The original plant was propagated from seed collected from an unknown location in China in 1983 and donated in 1984 by the Chicago Botanic Garden . Probable hardiness USDA Zone 5a. Cornus amomum ssp. This shrub grows to 1.8 to 3.0 m tall with a similar spread. While similar to C. amomum in appearance, it is usually more loosely branched and the stems are purple to yellowish red.
Fruit varies from a striking iridescent blue to nearly white.
Plants of this accession were donated to the National Plant Germplasm System by the Cary Arboretum in New York. The accession was originally collected in the wild in Iroquois County, Illinois. Probable hardiness USDA Zone 3b. Cornus pumila Koehne. This is a dense shrub that slowly grows up to 2 m tall.