Thanks, Dax. Would you have any idea which type?

No, I don't know.

Dax

I am going to hazard a guess that satori red is a grafted clone of an individual kousa dogwood and you have either a sprout from the roots or root stock coming up or a germinated seed.

if it is a sprout it will be a generic kousa dogwood. Still a very desireable plant.

if it is a seedling it almost certainly has a satori red mother and who knows what for a father. My kid looks sorta like mix of my wife and I. the seedling will probably be a mix, and I bet a very desireaboe tree.

Especially with that neat color to the emerging leaves I think it is a winner either way.

Thanks Dax and Toronado--I like guesses! I'm wondering if it would be happier in a more shaded area do you suppose? Could that be why it's red-tinged? The reason I moved the Satomi was because the leaves got crispy in the Summer sun last year. Decisions!

I would do whatever was best for the likely parent. My Cornus florida dogwoods do like some shade but not a ridiculous cave like atmosphere.

Looks like a pagoda dogwood.

A Satomi Red Kousa dogwood was removed right next to this last fall. Not clear to me why you are telling us that, it has no bearing on the plant in your pic.

sam, I was thinking perhaps some root stock was left behind when I dug the Satomi and that it possibly grew into this tree. Make sense?

Here's the one I moved, as you can see, the leaves are quite different.

Thanks, bboy, I think you nailed it! I value your opinion. If it is, I'm loving the growth habit!

Although I have seen C. alternifolia used as a rootstock for C. controversa the top growth asked about here would have had to have started growing before last year, of course. And I don't know one way or the other if C. atlternifolia and C. kousa are closely related enough to graft together.

Hi Catkin, you might compare your volunteer with my C. controversa seen here, which is a branch from a much larger tree in full bloom now in MD.

Smallish plants like yours are especially hard to distinguish between C. controversa and C. alternifoia. All of their traits and features overlap, even their bloom period. Adding to the confusion the fact that they are interchangeable in the nursery trade. Do you have native Pagoda Dogwood growing nearby in the wooded areas?

Assuming that your 'Satomi' (which you removed) was budded onto seedling understock, that understock was without a doubt kousa dogwood.

Thanks, Sam. Thanks, bboy. Not sure if I have Pagoda dogwood growing in the wild near me. I have one other I planted, a straight Cornus kousa.

If you're interested, I will keep you posted if/when it blooms!

I have a Cornus kousa and a Cornus kousa, 'Satomi' planted about 40 ft. apart. I get seedlings under both and am currently raising some of those. They aren't old enough to blossom yet.
Mike

Pagoda dogwoods seed well -- several seedlings from just a single small, fruiting one that I planted are growing nearby in heavy shade that I'm allowing to grow. The seedlings are growing much faster than the planted one....