Alternate-leaf Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)

Alternate-leaf Dogwood (Cornus alternifolia)Small, deciduous, spring flowering native tree Yellowish white flowers in 2 3 inch cymes; dark green, prominently veined leaves and dark blue fruits Origin: North America This North American species, first discovered in 1760, grows from eastern Canada to Minnesota through the south to Georgia and Alabama. John Bartram, the early Philadelphia naturalist and nurseryman, listed it as Cornus sylvestris in his 1783 broadside. Alternate leaf Dogwood is a

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leaves turn deep red in the fall

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Yule or New Year's Eve

Publication date:  January 1

Extensively and painstakingly restored under Peter J

grows from eastern Canada to Minnesota through the south to Georgia and Alabama

Habit: Shrubby plants grow 3-4 feet tall

In 1781 Thomas Jefferson listed redbud in his only published book

Publication date:  July 4

and advice from a kaleidoscopic array of relatives