Akatsuki DogwoodA Colorful Twist on the Traditional Dogwood This new Dogwood variety puts on colorful shows all year that takes the breath of spectators, because they've probably never seen a dogwood with these unique color combinations before. Each spring green leaves emerge with creamy, white, variegated edges. As the season continues into summer the leaves start getting blotches of pink that slowly spreads, until fall when they fully turn a shade of rosy lavender.