Cornus × ‘Stellar Nova’ is a powerhouse hybrid dogwood that offers superior vigor, heat resilience, and bloom performance. With massive, bright white flowers rivaling and surpassing many Cornus kousa cultivars, it adds significant visual impact to late-spring landscapes—blooming alongside selections like Scarlet Fire™, where it shines as a clean, luminous contrast.

Reaching 20–25 feet tall with an upright, well-branched habit, Stellar Nova forms a commanding specimen or backdrop in mixed plantings. Dense, dark green foliage holds up through heat and humidity, maintaining a lush presence into late summer. Its impressive floral display—large, four-petaled bracts that create a starburst effect—makes it a showstopper at retail and a reliable performer in landscape installations.

Hardy in USDA Zones 5–9, this hybrid offers greater disease resistance and environmental tolerance than standard flowering dogwoods. It performs best in well-drained, moderately acidic soil and prefers full sun to partial shade. Ideal for specimen tree programs, municipal landscapes, or estate-scale plantings where bold texture and bloom size matter.

Stellar Nova delivers the flower power, form, and resilience professionals rely on—making it a strong choice for high-value tree inventory.