Common name:Flowering Dogwood, Eastern Dogwood
Botanical name:Cornus florida
As a deciduous tree, this dogwood has a rounded form and a horizontal branching pattern. It produces very dense flowering in May as well asin the fall. The fruit appears in clusters of scarlet oval.
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