Cornus can be deciduous shrubs or trees, or creeping, woody-based perennials, some with brightly coloured young stems. Tiny flowers are borne in dense clusters, sometimes with showy bracts. Many have fine autumn colour
'Golden Glory' is a spreading deciduous shrub or small tree, with profuse umbels of golden-yellow flowers before the leaves in late winter, even on young plants, followed by glossy red fruits in autumn