(Route 66 Coreopsis, Threadleaf Coreopsis, Threadleaf Tickseed)

This popular perennial is widely planted for a reason; it's easy to grow, colorful and draws many pollinators to the garden. Threadleaf tickseed is a clump-forming plant that slowly spreads by rhizomes. It is native to eastern North America and has very fine, threadlike foliage of medium green. Throughout summer, it puts forth many daisies of golden yellow that draw butterflies.

This sun-loving, heat-tolerant, hardy perennial prefers well drained, average soil. Threadleaf tickseed will continue...

(Threadleaf Coreopsis, Threadleaf Tickseed, Zagreb Threadleaf Coreopsis)

This popular perennial is widely planted for a reason; it's easy to grow, colorful and draws many pollinators to the garden.

Zagreb threadleaf coreopsis is a clump-forming plant that slowly spreads by rhizomes. It is native to eastern North America and has very fine, threadlike foliage of medium green. Throughout summer, it puts forth many daisies of rich gold that draw bees and butterflies. Plants will continue blooming into fall if occasionally sheared back to remove spent flowers.

Sun-loving,...

(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...

(Cloud Nine Flowering Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood)

This dogwood selection, ‘Cloud Nine’, is a small, deciduous tree with graceful, spreading branches. It is grown for its spring display of beautiful white flowers. The true flowers are tiny and clustered at the center of four large white bracts (petal-like leaves) that are oval with a dented end, upward-facing and overlapping. This cultivar is a selection of flowering dogwood, a native of eastern North America, chosen for its exceptionally profuse bloom. The tree almost turns white in spring with...

(Flowering Dogwood, Pink Beauty Flowering Dogwood)

Red Beauty flowering dogwood is a beautiful small tree with a broad canopy and elegant horizontal branches. In mid-spring, this heavy bloomer presents inconspicuous yellow-green flower clusters surrounded by four showy dark rose-red bracts. These are followed by clusters of bright red berry-like fruits which are eaten by birds. Its medium-green leaves turn purple-red in fall.

Though shade tolerant, flowering dogwood looks best when grown in a full to part sun location. Provide it with fertile,...

(Cherokee Daybreak® Flowering Dogwood, Flowering Dogwood)

Cherokee Daybreak® is a variegated selection of flowering dogwood Cornus florida, which is native of southeastern North America. This small deciduous tree has an elegant canopy with spreading, horizontal branches, and it flowers beautifully in mid-spring, covering itself with upward-facing white blooms made of four overlapping bracts (petal-like leaves) surrounding a green center of tiny flowers that give way to clusters of bright red berry-like fruits, which are eaten by birds. The leaves...

(Flowering Dogwood, Gulf Coast Pink Dogwood)

A selection of flowering dogwood Cornus florida, which is native to eastern North America, ‘Gulf Coast Pink’ is notably tolerant of warm climates. It is a small deciduous with an elegant canopy of spreading branches, and it flowers beautifully in mid-spring, covering itself with upward-facing pink blooms made of four overlapping bracts (petal-like leaves) surrounding a green center of tiny flowers that give way to clusters of bright red berry-like fruits, which are eaten by birds. The leaves...

(Flowering Dogwood, Jean's Appalachian Snow 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, Ozark Spring Flowering Dogwood)

This dogwood, ‘Ozark Spring’ is a small, deciduous tree with graceful, spreading branches, grown mostly for its beautiful white flowers. Its true flowers are tiny and clustered at the center of four large white bracts (petal-like leaves) that are oval with a dented end, upward-facing and overlapping. This cultivar is a selection of flowering dogwood, a native of eastern North America, chosen at Kansas State University for the greater than usual hardiness of its flower buds. It has reliable red fall...

(Flowering Dogwood, Weeping 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...