The Cardinal Red Twig Dogwood is a colorful North American native flowering shrub providing year-round interest in the landscape. Perhaps its most outstanding ornamental feature is during the winter when its upright stems turn bright red, which stand out remarkably well in snow. These stems are excellent for cutting and use in a vase or floral arrangements. Late spring brings abundant flat-top clusters of fragrant, white flowers. Equally abundant, pear-like white berries follow the flowers. When temperatures cool in fall, the rich green foliage turns to shades of orange, red, and purple. At 6 to 8 feet tall and spreading up to 12 feet wide, it makes for a fine specimen, grouping, or natural hedge in sunny to partially shaded borders in USDA Zones 3-8.