Unidentified wild plant

[DaiTheDragon]

Could someone please help me to identify this bush for me. I have to get one of these in the garden, I have never seen so many different flies on one plant.

Thanks
Dai

[animartco]

Whoops nobodies answerd yet. I think it looks like a cornus, but it isn't the same one as mine. Perhaps not a native?

[Dorts]

Definitely Dogwood, probably Cornus sanguinea, our native species,
but could be one of the many garden varieties.
Yes, small nectar feeders love it.

[DaiTheDragon]

Thank you very much. It was at my local WWT. Looks like a trip to the garden center soon.

Dai

[ceterach]

Originally Posted by DaiTheDragon

Thank you very much. It was at my local WWT. Looks like a trip to the garden center soon.

Dai

Hi Dai

Be warned it is a thug, both in the wild and in the garden especially if your garden is on alkaline soil.

All the best

[Beekeeper]

Dogwood loves damp ground so if you have a bit of the garden that is, Dogwood should do well, but it will probably take over the rest of the garden in the process

Ian

[ceterach]

Hi Ian

Originally Posted by Beekeeper

Dogwood loves damp ground

Ian

Tell that to the plants that continuously invade our (very dry) chalk grassland on the North Downs

All the best

[animartco]

Originally Posted by animartco

Whoops nobodies answerd yet. I think it looks like a cornus, but it isn't the same one as mine. Perhaps not a native?

If Sanguinea is our only native cornus it definitely isn't that. The flowers are wrong. They look to be much showier. There is a lovely cornus with large pink flowers, called Nutella as for as I can remember, but don't quote me, but if you want it for the wldlife, perhaps someone knows whether a foreigner would still support the green hairstreak butterfly?
I forgot to add cornus alba, with its two really lovely variegated forms and vivid red or yellow stems in winter. It is easy to find in garden centres.

[Beekeeper]

Originally Posted by ceterach

Hi Ian



Tell that to the plants that continuously invade our (very dry) chalk grassland on the North Downs

All the best

They may invade if with far greater speed if the ground is damp or wet so be thsnkful for small mercies.

Ian