try the close up now???

z5 is about half the us ... where??? .. with a bit more specificity

thx for the pix...

ken

@Ken_adrian .... Here is the close-up of the newly emerged growth. Still could not upload the pic showing new growth and old growth....will try that one again later.

As @maackia mentioned the plant takes a beating if it's in full sun. This one gets about 4 hours of direct sun.

Chuckling about my lack of Zone 5 specificity. Zone 5 does not exactly narrow it. Zone 5A about 40 miles due south of Chicago.

I’m not sure on the hardiness on this one. I don’t think it’s as cold hardy as the species can be. The last two winters have damaged some of the plants I know of up here in the MSP area. Even the well established ones. Perhaps there are other too like the canker problem Or just General weakness from the variegation.

Pagoda dogwood's one of my favorites -- here's one I planted:

Beng, do you have issues with deer where you live? My past attempts with Pagoda have been short circuited by relentless browsing and rubbing. Yours is doing well.

maackia, deer eat the pagodas relentlessly in the wild here, so much that they rarely live to maturity. Fortunately, they mostly avoid mine on my lot. Here's a nearby volunteer, prb'ly an offspring from the above (the seeds are very viable), under a sugar maple: