These Iconic Plants Are Suited To Our Climate, Making Them Perfectly At Home Here.

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

The North Hollywood weather station — which is closer to my residence than any of the other 273 such stations throughout ...

The flowering dogwood carries a powerful history and a ... In terms of location, flowering dogwoods grow well in partially shaded areas, such as the understory of larger trees.

Few spring scenes are as spectacular as the annual display provided by dogwood trees in the Ozark woodlands. Inconspicuous for most of the year, these diminutive denizens of our forests outdo their ...

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 ...

A popular ornamental tree, flowering dogwood occurs naturally in many forested regions ... small fires to clear out the understory and allow new trees to grow. A recent history of fire suppression, ...

An unassuming dogwood tree outside Camp David became the solution to a devastating disease. A University of Tennessee professor found it.