Q. The pagoda dogwood in my yard has a few dead branches with a sunken yellow area that encircles the stem. Can it be saved? — Becky Nebes, Frankfort A. The canker (sunken areas on a stem) you ...

I planted a pagoda dogwood three or four years ago, and I just noticed that several small branches appear to be dead, as they are not leafing out. Some of the branches have an odd yellow coloring on ...

* What it is: A small native tree with a layered branching habit, creamy-white and mildly fragrant umbrella-shaped flower clusters, bluish-black late-summer pea-sized fruits, and reddish-purple fall ...

Q: The leaves of our four-year-old pagoda dogwood tree started curling in July, although it was well-watered during dry periods. The curling started on the south side and now the majority of the ...

As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard. But, when do dogwoods bloom? They typically flower between early spring and early summer, ...

The last of the "hounds of spring" is in its glory. Dogwood. The flamboyant show began back in late winter when cornelian cherry (Cornus mas), a kind of dogwood, swathed its branches in a veil of ...

There are very few shrubs that have the following of enthusiasts dogwoods have. They’re some of the best-known shrubs and most beautiful shrubs around. Dogwoods belong to the genus Cornus, which ...

I received an email a few years ago asking about how to rejuvenate a dogwood tree. I do believe, if you have a tree in your yard that looks like it might be struggling, in most cases go with what you ...

Was it that my eyes were weary from six months of gray, or did the small flowering trees seem especially fantastic this year? Cool-ish spring weather seemed to make each tree flower in succession, not ...

The last of the “hounds of spring” is in its glory. Dogwood. The flamboyant show began back in late winter when cornelian cherry (Cornus mas), a kind of dogwood, swathed its branches in a veil of ...