Re: [SG] dogwood
Karen-
There are lots of different kinds of dogwoods, and lots of different kinds of
blooming patterns. In my limited experience, there's a fair amount of
variation (tree to tree, year to year) among the standard eastern dogwood
(Cornus florida) varieties...and there must be a dozen or more! And the
species...Cornus kousa generally has smaller blossoms after leaf-out, Cornus
nutallii (the Pacific Dogwood) larger & upward facing, and C. ambigua, C. mas,
C. alternifolia and others very different presentations and sizes of flowers,
but yet all readily recognizable as dogwoods. The largest blooms seem to be on
C. nutallii and C. x nutalli "Eddie's White Wonder", a nutallii kousa hybrid.
So don't get to excited yet...but if repeats next year, then send me cuttings
too!
Keith Maw
Brier, WA Zone8ish
"Helfert, Karen" wrote:
> My daughter and I were just out in the garden ...yeah I know wierd type
> gardeners who were trying to look at stuff in the dark.
> While there, my daughter suddenly says what is it with that dogwood? It
> blooms are huge! I, of course, had not even noticed it. But the blooms are
> huge...must be 4.5 to 5 inches across...almost looks like a magnolia bloom.
> Makes the blooms on the all my other dogwoods look puny and dwarfs..
> This is a volunteer dogwood.
> Can dogwoods within a close distance (i.e., same growing conditions) have
> such a difference in bloom size? All my other ones have a "normal" size
> bloom.
> Is it possible this is a mutation or something?
> Is it just very happy?
> Was it therapeutic touch, cause I grab this tree when I am wading into the
> bed that it grows in.
> Your thoughts would be appreciated.
> Karen in MD
