Dogwood trees are a common and beloved sight in local gardens. While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus ...

Last year, I came upon the most beautiful kousa dogwood in full bloom. I muttered to myself that if everyone could see it they would know why I put it high on my list. While I am partial to the native ...

As some of my regular readers may know, I live in my childhood home - the place where four children, two parents, and many cats and a dog lived, loved and laughed. Today, it still remains a safe ...

Creamy white bracts and variegated leaves edged in a creamy white are the hallmarks of this Kousa dogwood. (Rick Wetherbee) When dogwood erupts in an explosion of pink, white or red flowers on its ...

Q: I recently removed a dead Yoshino cherry tree. I am looking to replace it with a native tree. What do you recommend? Peggy Nordstrom, email A: I love kousa dogwoods, Cornus kousa, which are ...

I heard a wake-up call, loud and clear, last summer. I was part of a group touring a garden in Connecticut, and we were gathered round a handsome kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) in full bloom. Various ...

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Dogwood trees are well noted for their seasonal display of showy spring blooms and fall leaf color. However, these trees have a dual purpose of not only providing blooms and fall color but also an ...

Native flowering dogwood blooms are gone, but the tree’s cousin, the Kousa dogwood, is now in peak bloom. Native to China, kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) is a showy, flowering tree that leafs out before ...

Q: I have a Kousa dogwood that doesn't flower very well. This spring, I saw no flowers at all. It seems to have stopped growing, too. It is about 5 years old and is about 5 feet tall. The trunk is a ...

The dogwood tree is ubiquitous in the United States, and there are at least 50 known species. Varieties range in size from smaller shrubs to large flowering trees with white or yellow blooms that ...