Some trees are gaining popularity as gardeners and landscapers seek out colorful and ornamental varieties that offer low maintenance and year-round interest.

Look into the concerned faces of Northern Virginia seventh-graders Amy Howard, Jennifer Grottle and Karina Goodman and you see reflected the fragile nature of nature. In their own time, no more than ...

Steve Nix is a member of the Society of American Foresters and a former forest resources analyst for the state of Alabama. Flowering dogwood is the state tree of Virginia and Missouri and the state ...

Trees that bloom year-round might seem too good to be true. Not so if you pick trees from this list of trees with long or even endless flowering seasons.

Dogwood trees are universally popular, and it’s no wonder. At this time of year they put on a spectacular show, their brilliant white blooms lighting up the spring landscape, but they can be a ...

Also known as boxwood or cornel, flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a common ornamental tree found in the United States. Its popularity is due to its large flowers and wide range across climate and ...

Historically, nothing said spring had arrived any better than a flowering dogwood tree. It remains a favored tree in Southern landscapes. Sometimes you may see an occasional dogwood in bloom in the ...

Flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a gorgeous small tree that flourishes in the sandy, acid soils of East Texas and other similar soil areas, but it frustrates many North Texas gardeners. One of ...

There is no prettier flowering tree than a dogwood, in my humble opinion. I love the bold white flowers (actually bracts surrounding little yellow flowers) in springtime, the lush green leaves on ...

When I hear the word “dogwood,” I am immediately transported back to a time in my life when I was living on the East Coast. I was in Virginia, serving my country as a trumpet player in the 392nd Army ...

Free flowering dogwood tree saplings will be handed out April 30 in Jeannette. The West Penn Power Green Team has 250 saplings to give away in honor of Earth Day. The saplings, which will have white ...

Missouri made the flowering dogwood its state tree in 1955 due to the beauty of its flowers in the springtime. But in recent days, TikTok disagreed with that choice. “I think the Missouri state tree, ...