As we approach June, it is time to highlight one of the best flowering trees for our local area: the dogwood. These trees’ brighten up our landscapes in May and June and offer additional interest in ...

If you step into spring in North Carolina, you'll find the air buzzing with life and the delicate blooms of the North Carolina state flower, the flowering dogwood. With its soft white or pink blossoms ...

Growing up in the mountains of western North Carolina, I loved seeing all of the native dogwoods dotting the woods. I learned that the legend of the dogwood and that the blooms are the state flower.

Ideally, you’d be reading this in very early spring, when the dogwood bloom is beginning to work its elegant magic in the older neighborhoods fanning out from lower Bidwell Park and downtown Chico.