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 florida) and the nonnative kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa).

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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 ...

What happens when Zoysia grass is taken over by Bermuda grass? Plus, Grumpy’s gripe of the week on dogwoods. "I live in North Louisiana and my Zoysia grass in the backyard is being taken over by ...

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

My mom used to say that if you see the dogwoods bloom around Florida State University’s campus, you never forget it. I have so many wonderful memories of my time as an undergraduate student at ...

It’s not hard to see why flowering dogwoods (Cornus florida) are classed as one of America’s most breathtaking native trees. These gorgeous flowering trees dazzle admirers with their lovely ...