Wedding Layer Cake Tree

Graceful and spectacular cornus controversa variegata wedding cake tree is a small deciduous tree with beautifully layered horizontal branches.

Wedding layer cake tree. This wedding cake was created using a simple white cake filled with lime curd a pineapple rum filling and coconut frosting. Start with the largest cake layer and tackle the base first. Often called the wedding cake tree this is a very slow growing strikingly variegated form of the table dogwood.

It has long narrow leaves often twisted with uneven sides. Other common names wedding cake tree variegated table dogwood family cornaceae genus cornus can be deciduous shrubs or trees or creeping woody based perennials some with brightly coloured young stems. In spring it produces a brilliant display of creamy white flowers.

Tiny flowers are borne in dense clusters sometimes with showy bracts. Finishing the bottom tier makes assembling the rest of the cake seem easy. The limbs are horizontal giving the appearance of layering but as the plant matures they tend to droop a bit.

The wedding cake dogwood is a fast growing tree that does well in either partial shade or full sun. Cornus controversa variegata wedding cake tree will reach a height of 8m and a spread of 8m after 10 20 years.