The flowering dogwoods are a little behind schedule this year, coming into flower now, about two weeks late, delayed by a cold and wet spring and early summer. These are plants of warm climate in ...

It’s not hard to see why flowering dogwoods (Cornus florida) are classed as one of America’s most breathtaking native trees. These gorgeous flowering trees dazzle admirers with their lovely white, ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Flowering dogwood is the state tree of Virginia and Missouri and the state ...

Also known as boxwood or cornel, flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a common ornamental tree found in the United States. Its popularity is due to its large flowers and wide range across climate and ...

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering. I can happily report ...

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 more ...

Flowering dogwood – one of the superstars of the spring flower show – is taking center stage on this cool weekend. The excitement over this small tree is understandable, but, before you decide to ...

A. The flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is native to much of the eastern half of the United States. It can be grown wherever the winter temperature does not normally go below minus 15 degrees F.