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 ...

As a bonus, gray dogwood is native, has clusters of white flowers in late spring, and the foliage is red-burgundy in fall,” she said. 6. American Cranberrybush Viburnum (Viburnum trilobum) This ...

Dogwood trees are a bit picky about water; they prefer consistently moist, but not saturated, soil that drains well. Newly ...

I’ve never calculated how much I spend each year on bird seed, but it’s considerable. I know some people who spend a lot more, who think nothing of buying big bags of two or three kinds of specialized ...

When I was young, my grandmother had a vibrant garden. Birds, butterflies, bees all converging on a small sanctuary nestled between corn fields all summer long. Hummingbirds so brazen you would need ...

A cheery glimpse of color on a gray and wintry day: That’s why we plant shrubs with bright bark. Colorful bark is a main feature of red-osier dogwood (Cornus sericea subsp. sericea), Siberian dogwood ...

I received an email a few years ago asking about how to rejuvenate a dogwood tree. I do believe, if you have a tree in your yard that looks like it might be struggling, in most cases go with what you ...