Flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida or Cornus florida) are nice landscape trees, but they are adapted to forest shade. In open landscapes, the leaves tend to wear out, curl up, and drop without much color. The fruit, though, is always spectacular.
October 14, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida or Cornus florida) are nice landscape trees, but they are adapted to forest shade. In open landscapes, the leaves tend to wear out, curl up, and drop without much color. The fruit, though, is always spectacular.
It’s blooming season for the only Cornus species left in my town, if you have accepted the generic reclassification of dogwoods.
#Cornusmas #Swida #Benthamidia #Chamaepericlymenum #iamabotanist
#Cornusmas #Swida #Benthamidia #Chamaepericlymenum #iamabotanist
March 24, 2025 at 2:18 AM
It’s blooming season for the only Cornus species left in my town, if you have accepted the generic reclassification of dogwoods.
#Cornusmas #Swida #Benthamidia #Chamaepericlymenum #iamabotanist
#Cornusmas #Swida #Benthamidia #Chamaepericlymenum #iamabotanist
September 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
October 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, synonym Cornus florida) is one of our most iconic southern native trees. A medium-sized tree, it achieves a wide, graceful shape under the partial shade of tall neighbors like pines and tuliptrees (Liriodendron tulipifera). (1/2) #nativeplants
March 19, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, synonym Cornus florida) is one of our most iconic southern native trees. A medium-sized tree, it achieves a wide, graceful shape under the partial shade of tall neighbors like pines and tuliptrees (Liriodendron tulipifera). (1/2) #nativeplants
This one is a two-fer: good fall color and fruit! This is flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida). In addition to beautiful spring flowers, this small tree has fruit for the birds and outstanding fall color. This native tree is a real winner for small yards. #nativeplants
November 4, 2025 at 1:15 PM
This one is a two-fer: good fall color and fruit! This is flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida). In addition to beautiful spring flowers, this small tree has fruit for the birds and outstanding fall color. This native tree is a real winner for small yards. #nativeplants
September 11, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, synonym Cornus florida) is one of our most iconic southern native trees and it is blooming now. A medium-sized tree, it achieves a wide, graceful shape under the partial shade of tall neighbors like pines and tuliptrees (Liriodendron tulipifera). #nativeplants
March 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, synonym Cornus florida) is one of our most iconic southern native trees and it is blooming now. A medium-sized tree, it achieves a wide, graceful shape under the partial shade of tall neighbors like pines and tuliptrees (Liriodendron tulipifera). #nativeplants
Jenny Xiang’s collaborative study on big-bracted dogwoods sheds new light on the origin and #evolution of E. Asian-N. American phytogeographic patterns. Check it out--and more!--in our January issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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#PlantScience
January 24, 2024 at 12:53 PM
Jenny Xiang’s collaborative study on big-bracted dogwoods sheds new light on the origin and #evolution of E. Asian-N. American phytogeographic patterns. Check it out--and more!--in our January issue! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#PlantScience
#PlantScience
October 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Time for some Ozark spring ephemerals and other native plants to cleanse the palate. 🌱🌿
April 16, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Time for some Ozark spring ephemerals and other native plants to cleanse the palate. 🌱🌿
ヤマボウシ
Benthamidia japonica
Japanese Flowering Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica
Japanese Flowering Dogwood
January 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
ヤマボウシ
Benthamidia japonica
Japanese Flowering Dogwood
Benthamidia japonica
Japanese Flowering Dogwood
TREE: Benthamidia florida (Flowering Dogwood)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Commonly found in the forest understory or as a landscape ornamental, this high wildlife value native with four-season interest is both official floral and arboreal emblems of Virginia.…
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Commonly found in the forest understory or as a landscape ornamental, this high wildlife value native with four-season interest is both official floral and arboreal emblems of Virginia.…
TREE: Benthamidia florida (Flowering Dogwood)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Commonly found in the forest understory or as a landscape ornamental, this high wildlife value native with four-season interest is both official floral and arboreal emblems of Virginia. The Virginia Native Plant Society honored #FloweringDogwood as Wildflower of the Year in 2018.
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September 26, 2025 at 2:00 PM
TREE: Benthamidia florida (Flowering Dogwood)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Commonly found in the forest understory or as a landscape ornamental, this high wildlife value native with four-season interest is both official floral and arboreal emblems of Virginia.…
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Commonly found in the forest understory or as a landscape ornamental, this high wildlife value native with four-season interest is both official floral and arboreal emblems of Virginia.…
Lol, apparently flowering dogwood is now in the genus Benthamidia
March 24, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Lol, apparently flowering dogwood is now in the genus Benthamidia
Today’s picture is the big, wide, beautiful shade leaves of a little dogwood that I hope will prove to be the native flowering kind (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida), that has been growing underneath other young trees in the area I was clearing today.
#2026photos #nativeplants
#2026photos #nativeplants
May 12, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Today’s picture is the big, wide, beautiful shade leaves of a little dogwood that I hope will prove to be the native flowering kind (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida), that has been growing underneath other young trees in the area I was clearing today.
#2026photos #nativeplants
#2026photos #nativeplants
I know! (I should have mentioned that the photo isn’t mine, I’ve planted one of these but no blooms yet).
Ugliest binomial would be another interesting contest…maybe something from genus Glandularia or Benthamidia (both of which sound like diseases to me)
Ugliest binomial would be another interesting contest…maybe something from genus Glandularia or Benthamidia (both of which sound like diseases to me)
January 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I know! (I should have mentioned that the photo isn’t mine, I’ve planted one of these but no blooms yet).
Ugliest binomial would be another interesting contest…maybe something from genus Glandularia or Benthamidia (both of which sound like diseases to me)
Ugliest binomial would be another interesting contest…maybe something from genus Glandularia or Benthamidia (both of which sound like diseases to me)
…after all that, I hope it really does turn out to be the native flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida, and not a kousa (B. japonica)!
#backyardforest
#backyardforest
December 30, 2025 at 4:59 PM
…after all that, I hope it really does turn out to be the native flowering dogwood (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida, and not a kousa (B. japonica)!
#backyardforest
#backyardforest
A little background on today’s photo:
We have a number of little dogwood seedlings popping up, and for years I assumed they were all native flowering dogwood (now Benthamidia florida, but the Flora of Virginia still has Cornus florida) because I knew the first one was.
(1/3)
#2026photos
We have a number of little dogwood seedlings popping up, and for years I assumed they were all native flowering dogwood (now Benthamidia florida, but the Flora of Virginia still has Cornus florida) because I knew the first one was.
(1/3)
#2026photos
April 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM
A little background on today’s photo:
We have a number of little dogwood seedlings popping up, and for years I assumed they were all native flowering dogwood (now Benthamidia florida, but the Flora of Virginia still has Cornus florida) because I knew the first one was.
(1/3)
#2026photos
We have a number of little dogwood seedlings popping up, and for years I assumed they were all native flowering dogwood (now Benthamidia florida, but the Flora of Virginia still has Cornus florida) because I knew the first one was.
(1/3)
#2026photos
While pulling Japanese honeysuckle the other day I accidentally yanked this dogwood (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida) up by the roots. Stuck it in old potting soil as a short term fix & got it in the ground today.
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants #backyardforest #planting
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants #backyardforest #planting
April 23, 2025 at 1:03 AM
While pulling Japanese honeysuckle the other day I accidentally yanked this dogwood (Benthamidia florida, formerly Cornus florida) up by the roots. Stuck it in old potting soil as a short term fix & got it in the ground today.
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants #backyardforest #planting
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants #backyardforest #planting
Gah! The little dogwood volunteer I’ve been nurturing the last few years has just bloomed for the first time… revealing itself to be a kousa (Benthamidia japonica) rather than a native flowering dogwood (B. florida). Anyone know how to ID them when small/only leaves to go on?
#backyardforest
#backyardforest
May 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Gah! The little dogwood volunteer I’ve been nurturing the last few years has just bloomed for the first time… revealing itself to be a kousa (Benthamidia japonica) rather than a native flowering dogwood (B. florida). Anyone know how to ID them when small/only leaves to go on?
#backyardforest
#backyardforest
Also, if you hate Benthamidia/Swida, wait until you hear about Chamaepericlymenum canadensis (aka Cornus canadensis)! Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? *laugh*
March 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Also, if you hate Benthamidia/Swida, wait until you hear about Chamaepericlymenum canadensis (aka Cornus canadensis)! Just rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? *laugh*
I'mstarting to get used to Benthamidia!
March 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I'mstarting to get used to Benthamidia!
I'm still getting used to the new name: Benthamidia florida.
February 26, 2025 at 4:04 AM
I'm still getting used to the new name: Benthamidia florida.