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 ...

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a gorgeous small tree that flourishes in the sandy, acid soils of East Texas and other similar soil areas, but it frustrates many North Texas gardeners. One of ...

While our native dogwood requires partial shade and cool soils, the Kousa dogwood can tolerate full-sun conditions, so it can be located in a prominent location. Q. I've been researching shrubs with ...

A cheery glimpse of color on a gray and wintry day: That’s why we plant shrubs with bright bark. Colorful bark is a main feature of red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea subsp. sericea), Siberian dogwood ...

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 ...

I noticed a dogwood blooming downtown recently and wondered if this was a fluke or if there was a variety that blooms later or longer? This year it seemed like there were not many dogwoods blooming at ...

There are many factors that affect how well a dogwood tree blooms. Learn seven reasons your dogwood tree might not be blooming or producing many flowers this year.

IF I’M honest I’d never even thought about the possibility of a native dogwood. I’ve certainly never consciously seen one in the wild. Those eye-catching dogwoods that populate motorway embankments ...