White Flowering Dogwood Tree Facts

Facts about white dogwood trees.

White flowering dogwood tree facts. One of the most intriguing of all dogwood tree facts is that what you see on these beautiful trees are not actually blooms at all but bracts a type of leaf. Kousa is apparently the japanese word for dogwood. Flowering dogwood tree varieties 14 photos. Other old names now rarely used include american dogwood florida dogwood indian arrowwood cornelian tree white cornel white dogwood false box and false boxwood.

A flowering dogwood tree usually flowers in spring. I planted a nursery bought white flowering dogwood last spring about 4 tall and it flourished with and abundance of new leaves and branched. The dogwood was among the top choices for america s national tree in a nationwide vote hosted by the arbor day foundation ranking third behind the oak and redwood. I watered faithfully we live in tennessee it s planted on a slope so water doesn t flood it s near a huge magnolia tree for sunlight protection in the afternoons.

In 1614 the name changed to dogwood for more dogwood lore see dogwood trees. The white flowering dogwood cornus florida is a common deciduous tree occurring throughout the eastern half of the united states. The flowering dogwood is usually included in the dogwood genus cornus as cornus florida l although it is sometimes treated in a separate genus as benthamidia florida l spach. It s scientific name is cornus florida.

It also has the honor of being the state tree of missouri memorial tree of new jersey and state flower of virginia and north carolina. White dogwood cornus florida an excellent landscape choice for all four seasons the white dogwood is a favorite in many yards and gardens. If you re interested in the meaning behind common tree names this one may underwhelm. It is the state tree of.

This species does however go by other names including chinese dogwood japanese dogwood japanese flowering dogwood and japanese strawberry tree. A flowering dogwood tree s flowers aren t flowers. The flowering dogwood is a showy deciduous tree that is well known and widely planted throughout america. History facts and growing tips.