The Kousa dogwood has something to offer in every season. Now, it is the fruits; soon it will be the color of the leaves as they turn a deep red.

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.

Cornus kousa has been in the garden trade for a long time. The small deciduous tree blooms after the foliage comes on, as opposed to our native dogwood which blooms before the leaves appear.

The plant partnered with the native dogwood is the long-blooming kousa dogwood a plant that produces a white-bracted flowers in early summer, after native dogwoods.

The kousa also blooms with its leaves on, which might make you think the bloom will not be as showy. On the contrary, the thousands of star-shaped blooms show even more against the dark green leaves.

Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) and hybrids resulting from Cornus kousa X Cornus florida may offer some resistance. A while back, I spoke with Tim Nuckols, of Nuckols Tree Care, about the issue.

Since the Kousa dogwood flowers later in the season, the deep, dark green leaves have already emerged before the flowers and bracts have opened thus forming a backdrop in which to view the floral ...

A: I love kousa dogwoods, Cornus kousa, which are blooming now. These Asian dogwoods are very similar to our familiar spring dogwoods, but they bloom later, when the tree has leaves. Kousa dogwood ...

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 ...

As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard. Types of dogwood trees vary from the 6- to 12-inch miniature dogwood “tree” known as ...

It is the show-stopping foliage of the ‘Wolf Eyes’ kousa that sets it apart. Each three-inch-long, grey-green leaf is margined with white.

The Kousa dogwood has something to offer in every season. Now, it is the fruits; soon it will be the color of the leaves as they turn a deep red.