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 ...

* 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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

PAGODA A PRETTY CHOICE: The Pagoda Dogwood forms beautiful pale-yellow flowers in spring. (National Garden Bureau) “May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.” – Fennel ...

Every garden needs a plan. People batting around the nursery without one are usually wasting money. But if you can't stop long enough to organize anything definitive right now, consider buying a genus ...

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 ...