This red twig dogwood has branches that are bright red which provide color and beauty beauty in the winter especially against a snowy backdrop.

The Baileyi red twig dogwood shrub grows to 6 to 10 feet tall and wide with a rounded open habit. White spring flowers are followed by fruits in mid-summer, and the leaves turn yellow in fall. It is tolerant of a range of soils including boggy and clay soils making it suitable in rain garden and along pond and stream edges.

The younger branches are the most colorful, so it is common to remove a quarter to a third of the older branches in early spring to encourage new growth. Extremely old or overgrown specimens can be pruned back completely. Since this plant may sucker, remove unwanted growth immediately. The red twig dogwood makes a beautiful hedge or screen, or is a beautiful specimen by itself. Its suckering habit and preference for moist soils makes it suitable for erosion control along water courses.