These are BARE ROOTED plants which can be planted from the end of October until May and will be dispatched as soon as the weather turns cold and they become dormant.The dispatch date depends on the Autumn temperature and varies from year to year. Red Dogwood or Siberian Dogwood as commonly known, gives you a dense cover of leaves in summer but comes alive in autumn to spring when nothing else has colour.You will be amazed with the brilliant red barked multi stems the plants produce. Growing Details: Common Name: Red-barked dogwood Genus: Cornus Species: alba Cultivar: 'Sibirica' Skill Level: Beginner Exposure: Full sun Hardiness: Hardy Soil type: Well-drained/light, Clay/heavy, Chalky/alkaline, Moist Height: 300cm Spread: 300cm Description: Cornus alba 'Sibirica' has stunning bright red bark which adds colour to the winter garden.Tolerant of a wide range of soils, it produces the brightest winter bark when planted in full sun. To keep the size of the plant in check and to encourage the most colourful bark, remove a third of the stems back to ground level each spring. It may also be mixed with the green variety Cornus Sanguinea to provide 2 colours. Plant as a single shrub or as a hedge 30-60cm apart.