Ornamental trees and shrubs can enliven any yard. As the seasons change, so do they, providing eye-catching displays to complement your landscaping. If you are looking to cultivate a more romantic, ...

As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard. But, when do dogwoods bloom? They typically flower between early spring and early summer, ...

Dogwood trees are a common and beloved sight in local gardens. 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 ...

With a host of varieties and colours, choosing a cornus can be tough, so let Marie Staunton be your guide Marie Staunton: choosing a cornus can be tough. There are so many different varieties of ...

Midway through spring, we are not quite midway through the flowering dogwood season, when three Cornus species in succession decorate the garden with their splashy blooms. Other dogwoods, trees and ...

IF I’M honest I’d never even thought about the possibility of a native dogwood. I’ve certainly never consciously seen one in the wild. Those eye-catching dogwoods that populate motorway embankments ...

EVEN today, if you really want to put heart into your home in winter, a real fire is the way to do it. The primitive energy of the flames takes us back to a time when warmth wasn’t available at the ...

Five species of Septoria on Cornus are described and illustrated. A key for the identification of these species is provided. Two are found on several host species, while the remaining three are ...

Years ago, when I moved to a town whose main street is lined with flowering dogwoods, I was disappointed that the leafless trees weren’t bigger, broader, more majestic. Then the end of April rolled ...

Kousa Dogwood or Chinese dogwood. 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 ...

Fire up forlorn winter beds with the glowing stems of dogwoods. Known botanically as cornus, this extensive clan of deciduous shrubs is prized for the brightly coloured masses of upright shoots that ...