Cornus kousa has been in the garden trade for a long time. The small deciduous tree blooms after the foliage comes on, as opposed to our native dogwood which blooms before the leaves appear.

They're not exactly what people here are used to seeing in a "traditional" dogwood, but they're still excellent trees. Three especially good Kousa varieties are 'Greensleeves,' 'Moonbeam' and ...

Dogwood, aka the “Prince of Spring,” has long been the best-selling spring flowering tree. Most of the dogwoods sold are hybrid varieties (cultivars) of our native American dogwood, Cornus ...

Two types of dogwood are widely grown in Michigan. One is Cornus florida, or flowering dogwood and many varieties have been developed from the species. The other is Cornus kousa or kousa dogwood ...

Kousa dogwood has distinctive white flowers and pink fruit in fall, and it can handle more sunshine than native dogwoods. They are also more disease resistant than the natives.

• Kousa dogwood (C. kousa), a small tree, features flowers that can reach several inches across and is more resistant to diseases and pests than Cornus florida.

Kousa is a showy flowering dogwood that leafs out before it flowers, providing a wonderful green backdrop for its colorful flowers. North Main Street in Salisbury has an excellent example of Kousa ...

Unfortunately, Kousa dogwoods, and their hybrids have not done well in our climate. The best hope we have is that resistant flowering dogwood cultivars will be developed for our area.

Don’t worry, was the message, this species won’t spread spontaneously and become invasive, because the kousa dogwood fruits don’t appeal to American wildlife. Our native dogwood (Cornus florida) ...