Beginner Gardening: kousa dogwood, 0 by pastime

pastime wrote:
It takes several years before a Kousa will bloom. It can alternate bloom years also. When it does bloom it's a fantastic site. Mine is due for a good one this year. The flowers stick straight up from the branches and last almost a month in June here in Illinois. Later the big red seeds look like satellites. I took a picture this morning. It's just starting to leaf out. It's probably about 12 years old and I keep it in tree form. Just as I took the picture the dog ran past. Hope it's not too blurry. I don't know about NC, but it took about 5 years before it finally bloomed here.