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, ...

A: Not sure where it’s planted, but oftentimes dogwoods that get too much full sun start to struggle over time. They really prefer to be an ‘understory’ tree and grow better under the margins of our ...

Q: What is eating the leaves of my dogwood, and what should I do? — Barb O. A: The neat circular sections cut out of your dogwood leaves are made by leaf-cutting bees. Such holes almost look like they ...

Dear Jane: I have a young kousa dogwood that has been in the ground four years and is 10 feet tall. It stands within 10 to 12 yards of a black walnut tree in partial sun. The first few years it grew ...

Question: I am growing these low-growing shrub dogwoods in our garden, and I really notice all these little spots all over the leaves this fall. What causes that? Answer: The dogwood you are growing ...

The moment you notice that the treasured dogwood in the yard has withering leaves and dead branches can be disheartening, and sadly, it’s an all too common sight this summer. A lot of the calls that ...

Q Can you tell me what kind of tree this is? [The reader sent a photo.] A It is a dogwood — not the typical Cornus florida showy-flowered one, but one of the other native dogwood species. It looks ...

Q: I had a good chuckle this morning and thought I would share! I cut redtwig dogwood about a month ago so I could fashion a twig support for my amaryllis. To my surprise, the dogwood has not only ...

My dogwood had leaf spots last summer. Now my neighbors say it’s dead and I should cut it down. Should I? Your neighbors may think it had Discula anthracnose, a fungal disease that slowly killed many ...