“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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...