This was my first tree purchase three years ago. Now almost a hundred specimen cultivars later it is still in my top three favorites. How long after it was planted did the growth on yours really start taking off?

Nice! I have a cornus walterii we planted two years ago and it seems to be liking its situation. Has flowers very much like this one. Time to see these more in the trade because folks have a very narrow view of what constitutes dogwood.

My 'Variegata' never grew much, after years of it remaining basically a branch I took it out. Some other examples in the area have grown like weeds.

How long after it was planted did the growth on yours start taking off?
I grafted this tree several years ago, I remember it was hard to find grafting wood. I planted it from a 3 gal container. It sat the first year and then really took off. At first sort of ungainly but eventually with the desirable tiers of branches. Interesting that the albino parts of the leaf have never scortched, not even in the hottest, dryest summers.