Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Catherine McQueen / Getty Images Spring is the worst time of year to prune your dogwood tree because you can negatively impact ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dengarden and Yahoo may earn commission from links in this article. Dogwood trees have a lot going for them. Showy spring flowers?

Dogwood trees and shrubs from the Cornus genus are versatile plants that range from large trees to small, ground-hugging varieties. They provide beauty throughout the year with spring blossoms, summer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Growing up in the mountains of western North Carolina, I loved seeing all of the native dogwoods dotting the woods. I learned that the legend of the dogwood and that the blooms are the state flower.

The story goes that President Ronald Reagan was riding his horse in the vicinity of Camp David, noticed that all the wild dogwoods were dying and asked for an explanation. The response from government ...