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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

If your yard has limited space and you're looking for a tree that stays under 30 feet tall, the Kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa) fits the bill. This dogwood variety is one of the most reliable and ...

• 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.

Starting in 1965, Orton began collecting named varieties of native dogwoods (Cornus florida) and Asian types (Cornus kousa), which were resistant to some of the natives' chief enemies -- borers, a ...

East or West, flowering dogwood tree coast-to-coast favorite Three main species of dogwoods can be grown in our gardens: the Pacific, Eastern and Korean natives. by Steve Smith Monday, May 21 ...