(Alternate-leaved Dogwood, Pagoda Dogwood)

With a handsomely structured, tiered branching habit, pagoda dogwood is also well-known for its clusters of tiny white flowers that yield purple fruits on pink-red stalks. A deciduous small tree or often multistemmed large shrub, it hails from eastern North America from New Brunswick and Minnesota southward to Alabama. With a smooth gray trunk, it has much showier deep purple-brown young twigs and branches.

The glossy leaves are rounded oval with a pointed tip and depressed, nearly parallel veins....

(Alternate-leaved Dogwood, Variegated Pagoda Dogwood)

With a handsomely structured, tiered branching habit, variegated pagoda dogwood is also well-known for its clusters of tiny white flowers that yield purple fruits on pink-red stalks upon its cream and green foliage. A deciduous very small tree or often multistemmed large shrub, it hails from eastern North America from New Brunswick and Minnesota southward to Alabama. With a smooth gray trunk, it has much showier deep purple-brown young twigs and branches.

The glossy leaves are rounded oval with...

(Silky Dogwood)

Attracting both birds and human eyes with its white and blue-violet fruits, silky dogwood is a great plant for a variety of soils and light exposures. This multistemmed deciduous shrub may vigorously become a rounded plant but with spreading branches. It is native to the extreme eastern United States from Massachusetts to Georgia and Tennessee and perhaps can look a bit unkempt. Its bark becomes fissured, the youngest twigs carry reddish brown tones.

The medium or deep green leaves are elliptical...

(Bunchberry, Bunchberry Dogwood)

Bunchberry is a dense, deciduous groundcover that is native to the northern United States, Canada and Alaska. It is very hardy, shade-loving and prospers only in climates where summers are cool. Naturally occurring under trees and along stream banks, its small flowers are surrounded by showy white bracts. These appear in late spring to early summer. Flowers are followed by bright red berries that persist through winter and are eaten by the birds. Throughout the rest of the summer and fall plants...

(Giant Dogwood, Wedding Cake Tree)

Largest of the world's dogwood trees, and perhaps the fastest growing, giant dogwood has flat clusters of white flowers in spring that are followed by purplish fruits. A medium-sized deciduous tree from the mid-elevations across much of China and the Himalayas, this upright plant with eventually spreading branches may also be native to the mountains in Indochina, Korea and Japan. Its smooth bark is dark gray to yellow-gray with purplish young twigs.

The foliage is a pleasing mid-green, and each...

(Flowering Dogwood)

Flowering dogwood is a true harbinger of spring. Native to the woodlands of southeastern North America, this medium-sized tree has an elegant spreading canopy. In mid-spring it presents small clusters of green flowers surrounded by four large creamy white or rosy pink bracts. These are followed by clusters of bright red, berry-like fruits which are eaten by songbirds. The oval green leaves of this fine ornamental turn purple-red in fall.

Though sun and shade tolerant, flowering dogwood looks...

(Flowering Dogwood, White Flowering Dogwood)

Flowering dogwood is a small tree to 20 feet tall, usually with spreading branches. Grown for its beautiful double white bracts that surround greenish flowers in the spring. Leaves are medium to dark green turning red to orange in the fall. The bright red fruits are loved by birds, so disappear quickly in the winter. Best used in protected areas with slightly acidic soil. Flowering dogwood is beautiful when used in a mixed border or foundation planting.

(American Beauty Flowering Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood)

Flowering dogwood is a small tree to 20 feet tall, usually with spreading branches. Mostly grown for its beautiful rosy-red bracts that surround greenish lightly fragrant flowers in the spring. Leaves are medium to dark green turning red to purple in the fall. The bright red fruits are loved by birds, so disappear quickly in the winter. Best used in protected areas with slightly acidic soil. Flowering dogwood is beautiful when used along wood lines, by water, in a mixed border or foundation planting.

(Cherokee Brave Flowering Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood)

Cherokee Brave flowering dogwood is a true harbinger of spring. Originating from eastern North America, this vigorous medium-sized tree has an elegant canopy with spreading, horizontal branches. In mid-spring it presents small clusters of green flowers surrounded by four large rosy pink bracts dipped in white. These are followed by clusters of bright red berry-like fruits, which are eaten by birds. The leaves of 'Cherokee Brave' are burgundy tinted when they emerge in spring, fade to medium green...

(Cherokee Chief Flowering Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood)

Cherokee Chief flowering dogwood is a magnificent harbinger of spring's warmth. Originating from eastern North America, this vigorous medium-sized tree has a rounded canopy with horizontal branching. In mid-spring it presents small clusters of yellow-green flowers surrounded by four large rosy red bracts. These are followed by clusters of bright red berry-like fruits, which are eaten by birds. Its leaves have a red cast when they first emerge in spring, then fade to medium green and turn purple-red...