* What it is: Dogwoods are beloved, small native trees that bloom prolifically in April. 'Cherokee Chief' is an oldie-but-goodie with the deepest, rosy-pink flowers of any type. (Some catalogs say ...

Flowering Dogwood grows 20 to 35 feet tall and spreads 25 to 30 feet. It can be trained with one central trunk or as a multi-trunked tree. The flowers consist of four bracts below the small head ...

Q: We planted a ‘Cherokee Chief’ dogwood on March 23. It seemed to be doing so well. It was growing, and it bloomed beautifully. Then, this past week, we noticed problems on the leaves and blooms.

Few spring scenes are as spectacular as the annual display provided by dogwood trees in the Ozark woodlands. ... One of the most popular is 'Cherokee Chief' which has deep, ruby-red bracts.

Eastern or flowering dogwood Cornus florida var. Cherokee Chief (Photo by Joshua Siskin) By Joshua Siskin | [email protected] PUBLISHED: April 19, 2025 at 7:11 AM PDT ...

The grain of a dogwood tree is very tight, and the branches are strong. Even so, I thought about ... Cherokee Chief, Cherokee Maiden, Geronimo, Flower Chief — you get the idea.

Dogwood: a genius genus. MARJORIE HARRIS. Special to The Globe and Mail. Published June 25, 2005. ... A genus is a family of plants that has a lot of different species under its umbrella.