Dogwoods

Our tulips are just starting to come up and the dogwoods will be a good month still. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Like other spring-blooming shrubs or trees such as dogwoods and magnolias, Exbury azaleas 'color only seems more pronounced for their "naked" blooms. ❋ Unknown (2010)

On this last issue, many in the audience favored small, ornamental trees such as dogwoods and redbuds over larger varieties such as seedless honey locust. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Beginning next week, weather permitting, Arbor Masters Tree and Landscape will plant large canopy trees such as dogwoods and Autumn Purple Ash and more extensive ornamental plantings with seasonal color perennial flower beds. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Branches of crabapples with swelling buds, dogwoods and flowering trees and shrubs are good for indoor displays in late winter and early spring. ❋ Joel M. Lerner (2011)

On the phone, while my sister is reading in bed, I sit in the kitchen of our B&B and tell William about the live oaks, the dogwoods in bloom, and the redwing blackbird I spotted on our second day. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

It began to rain as we slogged back toward the boat; at my feet were dainty, miniaturized dogwoods, rhododendrons, and azaleas growing in the spongy sod. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The echinacea, phlox and other summer flowers are fading while the spring-blooming dogwoods and magnolias are now just shades of green. ❋ Bart Ziegler (2011)

Pussy willows in bloom, dogwoods budding, the Narcissus providing tiny splashes of yellow against the brown landscape, fields going green. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2009)

Back home, it seemed the foggy, chilled days of February had barely set in before dogwoods and redbuds exploded to life among barely greened trees. ❋ Molly Harper (2011)

Our woods have the typical blend of trees found in southeast Missouri: oaks, maples and juniper laced in spring withflowering dogwoods and redbuds. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But you would not find anyone here prepared to entertain the proposition that he will not, one sunlit day amid the dogwoods and the azaleas, take his revenge. ❋ Unknown (2011)

WHAT I'LL MISS: "The four seasons of breathtaking views from every room," says Mrs. Sheeline, who likes to look out at the dogwoods and maples. ❋ Sarah Tilton (2012)

Do not plant directlyunder dogwoods — you will add to their demise. o Always amend the soil when planting. ❋ Unknown (2009)