Add vibrant spring color and year-round beauty to your landscape with Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief', shipped in a 1-gallon pot and ready to plant. This outstanding flowering dogwood is prized for its rich reddish-pink spring blooms that create a spectacular display before the foliage fully emerges. As the seasons progress, attractive green leaves provide summer interest before transitioning to beautiful shades of red in autumn. Its graceful branching structure and broad canopy make it an exceptional specimen tree for lawns, woodland gardens, and landscape focal points. Easy to grow and highly ornamental, 'Cherokee Chief' remains one of the most popular flowering dogwoods for home gardens.

You will receive:
✔️ 1 live Cherokee Chief Dogwood tree
✔️ Shipped in 1-gallon pot
✔️ Healthy, rooted plant
✔️ Ornamental flowering tree
✔️ Secure packaging for safe arrival

Growing Information
Common Name: Cherokee Chief Dogwood
Botanical Name: Cornus florida 'Cherokee Chief'
Plant Type: Deciduous flowering tree
Growth Stage: Young established plant
Sun Requirements: Full sun
Soil: Well-draining soil rich in organic matter
Watering: Moderate; keep evenly moist during establishment
Mature Height: 15–20 feet
Growth Rate: Moderate
USDA Zones: 5–9
Container Friendly: Yes, when young

Care Tip: Apply a layer of mulch around the base to help conserve moisture and protect roots. Water regularly during establishment, especially during hot or dry weather, to encourage healthy growth and flowering.

Plant Condition Disclosure

Live plants may be shipped dormant, leafless, recently pruned, bare root, or partially defoliated depending on season, weather, and shipping requirements.

Natural variation in size, branching, foliage density, color, root structure, and overall appearance should be expected.

Important Note

You will receive a live starter plant (seedling/young plant). Listing photos show the plant at a mature stage for reference only. The actual plant size, shape, and appearance may vary and will be significantly smaller than the images shown.

Customer Notice for Live Plants

Live plants may experience normal shipping stress such as leaf loss, yellowing, wilting, or minor branch damage.

Please consider local weather before purchasing. Extreme heat, freezing temperatures, severe weather, shipping delays, or unattended packages may increase plant stress.

Due to the perishable nature of live plants, returns are generally not accepted. If there is an issue with your order, please contact us within 48 hours of delivery and provide the required photos for review.

• Photos of the shipping box
• Photo of the shipping label
• Clear photos of the plant from multiple angles
• Scratch test photos if the plant appears dead or dormant

Dormant, stressed, defoliated, wilted, or transit-shocked plants are not automatically considered dead.

Claims submitted without the required photos or more than 48 hours after delivery may not be eligible for review, replacement, or refund.