Milky Way Kousa Dogwood Bloom Spring With shorter stalks this flower

With shorter stalks this flower is more likely to remain upright in container plantings

Regarding wildlife value

The blue-green foliage of the dianthus also provides excellent contrast when paired with chartreuse-foliaged companions or silver-leaved artemisias

They also get big

at pond edges

Milky Way Kousa Dogwood Bloom Spring With shorter stalks this flowerThis cultivar earned its celestial name from the galaxy of blooms in late spring to early summer. The pointed, white star shaped bracts measure 3 to 5 inches across and persist for four to six weeks, appearing after the leaves have emerged rather than on bare branches like our native flowering dogwood. 'Milky Way' matures into a broad, bushy specimen reaching 15 to 20 feet tall and equally wide. Young trees grow in an upright, vase shaped habit before