Here in the South, there is one tree deserving of all the springtime adulation it gets—the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) ...

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 ...

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 ...

My first excursion east of the Mississippi River included the novelty of Buc-ee’s, the music of Memphis and Nashville, the non-complicated life of the Amish, and the hallowed ground of ...

At age six, I watched my mother transplant a volunteer dogwood tree, barely more than a whip, growing at the edge of the ...

My first excursion east of the Mississippi River included the novelty of Buc-ee’s, the music of Memphis and Nashville, the ...

What: Cornus × elwinortonii, commonly called Venus dogwood. This newer dogwood boasts a profusion of large, creamy white flowers with a nubbin of green in the center. The flowers, or bracts, may be up ...