Sometimes considered the most spectacular of the native, flowering trees, flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) is a 20-40 ft., single- or multi-trunked tree with a spreading crown and long-lasting, showy, white and pink spring blooms. A lovely, small, flowering tree with short trunk and crown of spreading or nearly horizontal branches. Graceful, horizontal-tiered branching; red fruits; and scarlet-red fall foliage are other landscape attributes. It is a host plant for the spring azure (Celastrina ladon) butterfly/larvae. Butterflies nectar on the blooms. It supports specialized bees, The fruit is eaten by songbirds, squirrels, chipmunks, Wild Turkeys, foxes, and other animals.

Coming in July.