It's Dogwood Season!

Dogwoods, although small trees, have big impact in the understory of forests in the Eastern U.S. and Canada.

#Bloomscrolling #NativeTrees #Dogwoods

@joewynne

Beautiful.

@LikeItOrLumpIt

Thanks! How can you not be happy when they are blooming?

@joewynne

Just looking at them makes me happier.

@joewynne I have two dogwood tattoos! Four blossoms and separately, a tree.
@nixanadoo
You are, without a doubt, ready for Spring!
@joewynne the only season I long for more is summer!
@joewynne I remember as a kid when these blanketed the woods in North Georgia. And then that fungus came through and changed all of that.
I have no doubt that you know, but the white or pink, are modified leaves. The actual flowers are those those little yellow things right there in the middle.

@Da_Gut

That was a great loss.

You are thinking about bracts, the "petals" are actually bracts, like poinsettias. Modified leaves like you said.

@joewynne yes it was. As a teenager, I was friends with a girl from Montana. She moved back to Montana, but she was in love with the dogwoods. For several years, I would take film pictures of the dogwoods and send some to her via postal mail.
Now, it’s rare to see them away from the wood edges. They don’t grow much in the actual under story anymore.

@Da_Gut

It's a shame. Now we have to grow hybrids o avoid the fungus.

@joewynne and thank you for the word bracts.

Préservons notre superbe flore et faune !

@joewynne