White Flowering Dogwood Tree Facts

Other species can be quite different.

White flowering dogwood tree facts. Gilman and dennis g. A flowering dogwood tree s flowers aren t flowers. The state tree of virginia the flowering dogwood has conspicuous white to light yellow flowers that offer magnificent blooms in spring. It is the state tree of.

White flowers show their beauty in spring foliage turns a vibrant red purple in fall and glossy red fruits attract winter songbirds for the enjoyment of all. A flowering dogwood tree usually flowers in spring. Facts about white dogwood trees. Middle aged weavers white flowering dogwood.

Despite their elegance white dogwoods are relatively low maintenance making a great specimen or foundation. Watson2 introduction the state tree of virginia flowering dogwood grows 20 to 35 feet tall and spreads 25 to 30 feet fig. Fact sheet st 189 november 1993 cornus florida weaver s white figure 1. Weavers white flowering dogwood1 edward f.

In the springtime they dazzle with white bracts and flowers in the summer they reveal glossy green leaves in the fall they grow crimson berries and in winter their textured bark steals the show. The white flowering dogwood cornus florida is a common deciduous tree occurring throughout the eastern half of the united states. Whatever your desire there is a dogwood to suit your needs. White dogwood trees are flowering stunners that provide a show of beauty year round.

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.