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.

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 ...

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.

Sarah in Burke writes: “Last June, I planted a Kousa dogwood in a spot that gets a lot of afternoon sun. I thought Kousas could handle sun better than other dogwoods, but it has had wilted ...

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) ...