Free flowering dogwood tree saplings will be handed out April 30 in Jeannette. The West Penn Power Green Team has 250 saplings to give away in honor of Earth Day. The saplings, which will have ...

Eastern or flowering dogwood Cornus florida var. Cherokee Chief (Photo by Joshua Siskin) By Joshua Siskin | [email protected] PUBLISHED: April 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM PDT ...

Another theory suggests the name stems from the fact the bark of the tree, which is rich in tannin, was a key component of a solution used for curing mange in dogs. Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) ...

The kousa dogwood, Cornus kousa, is a sturdier alternative to the flowering dogwood and also provides year-round interest. (Perry Mathewes) Its leaves emerge in April, before the floral bracts ...

First in the Eastern and Western U.S., and by the time Windham traveled to Maryland, in Tennessee, too. The cause was dogwood anthracnose, a fungus that kills the flowering beauties.

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The flowering dogwood tree celebrates its 70th birthday as the Missouri state tree in 2025. There is no better place to celebrate than Missouri’s Ozark woodlands from mid-April to ...

Trinklein refers to the dogwood tree as “nature’s little showoff” or the “candelabra of color.” The Missouri legislature named the flowering dogwood the state tree on June 20, 1955.

Louisiana has several flowering trees that are common, and they'll soon be in-bloom this spring. Here's when and where you can see the blossoms.

The Cherokee Nation is making progress on a new $10 million park dedicated to the late Principal Chief Wilma P. Mankiller.

Native to the eastern U.S. and northern Mexico, flowering dogwood attains its greatest size, up to 40 feet tall, in the upper South where hot, humid summers contribute to new, lush growth.

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Flowering dogwood, Virginia’s official state tree and flower, is in bloom throughout April. Here is all you need to know about the plant. According to the U.S ...