Spring finds Kousa dogwood at its most dramatically beautiful. It is then that the large, white blossoms — each up to 4 inches across — unfold in profusion from branches at the top of the tree ...

Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) is actually an invasive plant. The kousa dogwood tree is among one of the shorter types of dogwoods, with an estimated average height of between 20 and 30 feet at ...

Walter Reeves answers Atlanta-area lawn and garden questions, including good options for a native tree, and how to deal with camellias that might have a virus.

This tree is sometimes bothered by dogwood borers, but, unlike our native dogwood, Kousa dogwood does not suffer from dogwood anthracnose. Garden checklist Clear the garden of excess plant debris.

While as many as 60 species of trees and shrubs are in the genus Cornus, the most common locally are our native flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) and the nonnative kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa).

Last year, I came upon the most beautiful kousa dogwood in full bloom. I muttered to myself that if everyone could see it they would know why I put it high on my list.While I am partial to the ...

I heard a wake-up call, loud and clear, last summer. I was part of a group touring a garden in Connecticut, and we were gathered round a handsome kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) in full bloom. Various ...

Another difference: Flowering dogwood does not handle drought as well as kousa dogwood and this summer saw drought-like conditions. Generally speaking, new trees and shrubs should be watered ...

Kousa dogwood fruit. Dogwood trees are well noted for their seasonal display of showy spring blooms and fall leaf color. However, these trees have a dual purpose of not only providing blooms and ...