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Q: We have a white dogwood tree on our front lawn (the only tree we have on our front lawn), planted about eight years ago. However, TruGreen says the tree has spotted leaf mold, mostly on the lowe… ...
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 ...
Blooming later than our native flowering dogwood, Kousa dogwood produces creamy-white flowers in spring after leaves have opened.
Here in the South, there is one tree deserving of all the springtime adulation it gets—the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). Maybe it's because they're native and grow wild in our woods. But ...
In extended dry and hot periods, this tree will benefit from a weekly deep watering. This tree has similar flowers or bracts (modified leaves) to the flowering dogwood in that they are creamy white.
Kousa dogwood has distinctive white flowers and pink fruit in fall, and it can handle more sunshine than native dogwoods. They are also more disease resistant than the natives.
What's this white stuff? Moss and lichen are regular features of Pacific Northwest tree trunks. OSU Extension Service ...
The response from government botanists was that the beloved dogwood, that living symbol of the American spring with its stellar white blossoms, was in dire straits.
Great Plant Pick: Cornus kousa var. chinensis ‘Milky Way’, Chinese dogwood This dogwood is covered in star-shaped flowers that open lime green and quickly change to a creamy white. by Richie ...
Dogwood has always been an easy-to-grow ornamental tree; an anchor in the landscape. There are hundreds of Cornus species to choose from, so the catch will be making up your mind.
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 ...
Arrival of delicate white, pink dogwood flowers a sign of summer’s onset These trees can be divided into three species: Korean, Eastern and Pacific, with the latter being a Pacific Northwest native.