“I have a red twig dogwood shrub I planted at least two years ago in my backyard that tends to be moist and shaded by some adjacent trees. It has only grown to about 3 feet tall and has thin foliage.

I've been seeing some really nice bushes with red branches that stick up from the ground. A friend told me they're red-twig dogwoods. Are they very easy to grow? Red-twigs are at their best in winter ...

As you approach spring landscaping chores, you might be considering adding a dogwood tree to your yard. But, when do dogwoods bloom? They typically flower between early spring and early summer, ...

I will admit right off that my favorite shrub is sagebrush. After that, I claim several other shrub species as favorites and at the top of that list is red osier dogwood. This dogwood is a visually ...

I have a red-twig dogwood shrub I planted at least four years ago. It has only grown to 3 feet tall and gets a few leaves each year. It gets three to four hours of sun. The shrub is about 6 feet away ...

A PLANT FOR ANY GARDENER: Dogwoods are low-maintenance plants that don’t require much care once they’re established. (National Garden Bureau) Growing tips for shrub dogwoods: The straight species are ...

COVID has produced a plethora of flowers including azaleas, dogwood and others blooming this spring. There are a couple of spring flowering shrubs that you may rarely find in landscapes. One flower of ...

Our gardens may be preparing for their winter slumbers, but that doesn’t mean we have to rest: It’s time to make free shrubs! The easiest way to propagate woody plants like dogwood, forsythia, ...

A good, adaptable native shrub for the central Ohio garden is the gray dogwood (Cornus racemose). This dogwood is multi-stemmed with matte, gray-green leaves in the summer. The ovate leaves are 3 to 4 ...

Q: My shrub dogwood is being eaten by white and yellowish caterpillars. Do I have two pests on my hands, and how do I stop them from defoliating the poor plant? A: These are actually two color phases ...

Blooming even earlier than Forsythia, the Cornelian cherry dogwood tree (Cornus mas) is a cheery harbinger of spring when the clusters of soft yellow flowers come into bloom in late January. This ...