* What it is: Dogwoods are beloved, small native trees that bloom prolifically in April. 'Cherokee Chief' is an oldie-but-goodie with the deepest, rosy-pink flowers of any type. (Some catalogs say ...

Q: We planted a ‘Cherokee Chief’ dogwood on March 23. It seemed to be doing so well. It was growing, and it bloomed beautifully. Then, this past week, we noticed problems on the leaves and blooms.

The strong horizontal branches of the dogwood outside my window looked like an abstract Christmas tree, coated as they were with heavy, white snow. The grain of a dogwood tree is very tight, and ...

A generation ago, it seemed that the dogwood might go the way of the American chestnut, rendered practically extinct by a new disease. But here’s the good news: The dogwood tree lives on in the ...