Description
Swida alba (scientific name: Cornus alba Linnaeus [4]) is a deciduous shrub belonging to the class Dicotyledon, Umbelliferae, Cornelaceae, and Flos. The old stem is dark red, and the branches are blood red. Opposite leaves, oval. The cymes are terminal and the flowers are milky white. Flowering period from June to July; fruiting period from August to October. [1] It can be propagated by sowing, cutting and layering.
The autumn leaves of Swida alba are bright red, the small fruits are white, and the branches after falling leaves are as red as corals. It is a rare ornamental plant and a good material for cutting branches. In the garden, plant many lawns on lawns or plant them alternately with evergreen trees to achieve the effect of contrasting red and green.
Distributed in China's Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shaanxi, Gansu, Qinghai, Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi and other provinces. It grows in mixed woods or coniferous and broad-leaved mixed forests at an altitude of 600-1700 meters (up to 2700 meters in Gansu). North Korea, Russia and other parts of Europe are also distributed.
