Fruit and seed production in plants, crucial for reproduction and evolution, is influenced by various factors. Alternate bearing in trees, like apple and dogwood, involves fluctuating fruit production ...
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 ...
The flowering dogwood tree (Cornus florida) is an all-season beauty that fits in any garden. Here's the best time to plant dogwood trees and how to care for them.
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 ...
The Virginian-Pilot: Are dogwoods barking up the wrong tree? How to know which type is best for your garden.
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 ...
Are dogwoods barking up the wrong tree? How to know which type is best for your garden.
At age six, I watched my mother transplant a volunteer dogwood tree, barely more than a whip, growing at the edge of the nearby woods. “You have to take a big ball of dirt,” she told me as she stepped ...
Bradford pear (Pyrus calleryana) and flowering dogwood trees (Cornus florida) are easy to spot during the early spring and autumn months. Both types of trees can reveal soft white flowers in the ...