Just another pretty dogwood tree in bloom. Which was not an overnight success. I know because I planted this particular tree - with its mate - out in my front yard - over five years ago. "Its mate?" Can trees have mates? This one does. Because I thought it was better to plant two of the same kind of tree so that there would be a symmetry in my yard. I planted one dogwood with white blossoms and one with pink. There were times when I thought this planting wasn't going to work. In … [Read more...]