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This is a highly desirable ornamental tree, with a mature height of about 20 feet in Southern California. Eastern or flowering dogwoods usually have white bracts, but this variety, known as ...

The tree fell Saturday night onto a house in the 2900 block of Kensington Boulevard in Kensington. It came down about 9:30 p.m. with "a big, loud thump," said Karen Leon, a neighbor.

In Battig's orchard, one male tree is planted for every 20 female trees, though an untrained eye couldn't tell them apart. "I know by just looking at them," says Battig.

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering.

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering. I can happily report ...