Q: On a recent trip to Delaware, I discovered a tree named a “Kousa” or “Chinese dogwood.” It has beautiful white dogwood type flowers in the spring, and a round red berry with a pithy ...

This Chinese dogwood is resistant to dogwood anthracnose, the disease that affects our native dogwood. Where: Plant this slow growing tree in a moist, well-drained soil with full sun to light or ...

The catch is native dogwood is especially susceptible to a killing fungal plague called anthracnose. Kousa dogwood, also known as Chinese dogwood, can grow 20 feet tall and it does well in full sun.