Dogwood and 10 Free Trees

» CarolWallace - Ten Free Trees

Hi Steve, I got that offer for 10 gree dogwoods ywars ago when we first moven into this property. The organization is the Arbor Day Society and it is a group designed to promote the planting of trees. If you ever had an arbor day at school where you were given a little tree to plant - it probably came from there.

The ten trees were tiny whips about 2-3 feet high. We didn't know a thing about planting when we got ours, but three of them managed to live and prosper - two unfortunately were killed when we dug our pond but the sole survivor gave us a fabulous flowering show this year. We got Cornus florida - unfortunately one of those that suffers from anthracnose. But since then I have planted many, many more - I love the ones that have brightly colored twigs in winter, as well as the lovely pagosa dogwood that grows in horizontal tiers.

-- posted by CarolWallace

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» Renie_Burghardt - Hi Steve!

Yes, the redbud and dogwood would look natural together. They are both abundant here in the Ozarks. The flowering dogwood, is what we have. The redbud blooms first, followed by the dogwood soon after, so that for a time, they are both blooming. It's a beautiful effect, too, the white and rose-purple blooming at the same time.

I didn't know dogwood whitened teeth. That's interesting. And imagine false teeth made out of dogwood wood! (Maybe that's what George Washington had, hehe)

And here, they say because the dogwood was used as the wood for the cross, it always blooms at Easter.

Very interesting article, Steve. I enjoyed it. Hope it's cooler in your part of MO than in mine! Take care.

Renie

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» Purpleflame - Enjoyed the article

Thanks for the plug, btw!

I had no idea the dogwood was used for the cross, or that it whitened teeth.
I liked being able to view the picture, too! I live in a suburb, so only see a few varieties of tree.
I think I've mentioned before that I work for the post office, and I can vouch for the 10 free trees! They are sent through the mail, and we see them every spring.

-- posted by Purpleflame

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