Gold Star Dogwood                KOR-nus KOO-sa

• Green leaves with each one having an irregular blotch of butter-yellow in its center, has typical white bracts and red fruit.  May revert back to green shoots.
• Apparently does not scorch in full sun, at least in the Northeast and Midwest (Jacobson, 1996).
• Hardy to USDA Zone (4)5   Introduced about 1977 in Japan and in commerce in the U.S. in 1983.