Cornus florida photos

The dogwoods are outdoing themselves this year. Here is a photo or two.

Scott

In theory, I prefer my dogwoods white, but it's hard to argue with this.

Scott

And it theory I prefer my dogwoods single, but--again--it is hard to argue with this.

Scott

Where'd you find the double? Is it a named cultivar or something you just found by chance?

Guy S.

Wow, that is a gorgeous blue sky in the first photo. Truly awesome pics.

Hey Scott, where'd you find the double?

And I guess I should post a bragging pic too -- how many of you have seen this, in pink no less? This is in our collection, grown from seed I collected in the wild:

Groovy, Guy!

Know what it is? I suspect only a few of you (perhaps Growin or Resin) have ever seen one, and perhaps even they haven't seen it in pink. Click on it and examine it up close. I won't divulge the name for a while in case someone can guess it.

Guy S.

Guy, I think you messed something up when you planted those seeds. Those flowers are all wrong. Been hitting the colchicine a little hard lately?

Scott

Not that it is the same, but my neighbor just cut down his lovely Kousa dogwood growing just over the property line so I always got a great view of the flowers and tried some of the fruit. The rest of the dogwoods in the neighborhood are all in bloom so at least thats good.

Hint: I collected the seeds at about 7000 feet in the Sierra Madre Orientale of northeastern Mexico . . .

Guy S.

Cornus florida var. urbaniana

...when are seedlings available for odd-plant collectors???

Kevin, pretend I'm Guy.

*deep voice* You can have seedlings when you give Terry (that would be terryr) that viburnum she wants so much! :o)

Kevin, I'm surprised at you! You were supposed to be one of those viburnum geeks! How'd you know this one? Did you cheat? And the question remains, has anyone ever seen a pink one before?

I guess seeds will be available as soon as this plant decides to be self-fertile and make some. TerryR is coming to visit soon -- maybe I'll send a few back with her to give you . . .

Guy S.

that terry r, she gets around...

She'll get a round if she tries to mess with my trees . . .

There's ole Scott showing off his white bloom photography again!

Neat blooms Guy! I would have never guessed what that was. Way cool!