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 ...

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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.

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 ...