A single flowering dogwood grows south of the lake, at the edge of a stand of pine trees.
The flowering dogwood
is a small, flat-topped tree 10 to 30 feet tall, with a tiered, horizontally-branching
habit. The tiny flowers are inconspicuous, yellowish heads, clustered at
the center of 4 showy, 2- to 4-inch-long, notched (usually white) bracts
which appear with the leaves in April and May. Native from the extreme southwest
of Maine to eastern Kansas, and south to eastern Texas and Florida, this
species is excellent for use as a specimen, massed in groups or planted
at the corners of buildings.
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