Ivory Halo Dogwood
Cornus alba 'Balihalo'

Foliage: Variegated - green w/white margins
Fall Foliage: Purple-red
Fruit:  Blue-white drupes
Habit/Form: Upright oval to rounded
​Uses: Shrub borders, low hedge, mass plantings

Zone Hardiness: 3 - 7
Plant Height:  4 - 6 ft
Plant Width: 4 - 6 ft
Light: Sun, part shade
​Growth Rate: Medium to fast

Prized for its colorful stems, variegated foliage, and compact size, this dwarf dogwood has brilliant red winter stems and showy, light green leaves with creamy white margins, but at only two-thirds the size of many of its species. Use to provide multi-season interest in shrub borders, mass plantings, or as a low hedge. Best grouped in mass. Flowers, Tiny, yellowish flowers appear in flat-topped clusters in late spring (May-June), with sparse, intermittent, additional flowering sometimes continuing into summer. Flowers give way to clusters of blue-white drupes in summers. Best stem color occurs on young stems. Although pruning is not required, many gardeners choose to remove 20-25% of the oldest stems in early spring of each year to stimulate growth of new stems which will display the best color. Fruit is quite attractive to birds and butterflies and is tolerant to salt, erosion, rabbit and deer. ​