This dogwood shrub has typical oval dogwood leaves whose fall color can vary from dull green to the purplish-red more common with Cornus species. It will sucker, which can be a good thing if you ...

Sourwood or Lily of the Valley tree, Oxydendrum arboreum, is a small tree, usually no more than about 30 feet tall. Large specimens may have a trunk about a foot in diameter, featuring hard ...

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 ...

Flowering dogwood is typically a small, deciduous tree that grows 15-25 feet in height and 10-15 feet in width. I call it A Tree for all Seasons. I’ll explain later.

Another great spring-flowering tree is the Winter King Hawthorn, a shapely lawn tree that grows faster than dogwood, has white flowers in spring and shiny red berries all winter.

Understory dogwood is a medium tree of about 40 feet with wispy stems. The dogwood occupies a large eastern north-south range in North America -- from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico.

“I have a red twig dogwood shrub I planted at least two years ago in my backyard that tends to be moist and shaded by some adjacent trees. It has only grown to about 3 feet tall and has thin ...