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 ...

Gardening author and podcast host Kathy Jentz praises the beauty of the blooms. "The flowers are borne on long branches in ...

Kousa dogwood’s blossoms unfold two to three weeks after those of flowering dogwood, during that period of calm that follows the springtime burst of bloom from many trees and shrubs.

Pacific dogwood (C. nuttallii), flowering or Eastern dogwood (C. florida) dogwoods are more prone to several fungal diseases such as anthracnose, which can cause leaf damage, stem cankers and ...

Instead of the invasive kousa dogwood plant around your property, you might consider one of the 12 native dogwood species in North America. Among these are the Pacific, Eastern flowering, pagoda ...

Native flowering dogwood blooms are gone, but the tree’s cousin, the Kousa dogwood, is now in peak bloom. Native to China, kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) is a showy, flowering tree that leafs out ...

Purely kousa cultivars include the variegated dogwood tree Summer Fun, as well as Moonbeam, which has unusually large 7-inch ...

What: This disease resistant selection of pink flowering dogwood — called Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ or Red Flowering Kousa Dogwood — is a great replacement for more problem-prone cultivars. In ...

Kousa is a showy flowering dogwood that leafs out before it flowers, providing a wonderful green backdrop for its colorful flowers. North Main Street in Salisbury has an excellent example of Kousa ...

Kousa dogwood flowers about a month later than flowering dogwood and is quite showy. However, it must be watered during periods of drought in order to survive in the landscape.