White Dogwood Tree

The White Dogwood Tree is a beautiful, small deciduous tree native to eastern North America. It is admired for its elegant, four-petaled snowy or pinkish-snowy flowers and distinctive branching pattern, often seen in spring gardens and landscapes.

The White Dogwood Tree grows to a height of between 15 and 25 feet tall and has a magnificent spread of 20 to 25 feet too. They grow at about 1 or 2 feet per year and usually bloom between the ages of 5 and 7 years.

The Bracts Of the White Dogwood Tree

Although the brilliant snowy blooms look like flowers, they're really a special form of leaves called bracts. Bracts look like petals and surround the actual flowers, which occupy the same space in the center of the bracts that the stamina does in a regular flower. The effect is quite breathtaking during the late spring and early summer, the snowy, petal-like bracts scintillating in the sunshine. The central flowers can be either yellow, snowy, or pink, and the multicolored effect is dazzling.

The Regular Leaves Of The White Dogwood Tree

The regular leaves of this plant are bright green ovals that are a lighter green on the bottom. The leaves get lighter overall as the year progresses, being nearly pastel by the time they fall off during the autumn. The slow morphing of the leaves' color is one of the charming qualities of this plant, which can be a perfectly balanced focal point in any garden.

The Berries Of The White Dogwood Tree

Berries form during the late summer, and as the season turns to fall, the bracts become a gradually darkening shade of purple. In fact, this plant is a shining example of what is essentially a time-lapse color change. At the same time, this plant produces both red and snowy drupes, which are a specific kind of berry that is made up of clumps of smaller items called carpels. This gives both sorts of berries a pleasing, distinctive appearance on stems that are about 3 inches long.

How White Dogwood Tree Affect the Environment

In addition to the more common species of pollinators, such as honey bees and butterflies, this plant supports a specific species of andrena mining bee that only gets its pollen from them. Additionally, when they fall off, both the bracts and the leaves break down very quickly, making this gorgeous plant good for the soil of the whole garden. These plants will also help gardeners stave off soil erosion, so it's not only a good-looking plant that'll be a terrific focal point but also a hardy sentry that protects the garden's soil.

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