Blooming even earlier than Forsythia, the Cornelian cherry dogwood tree (Cornus mas) is a cheery harbinger of spring when the clusters of soft yellow flowers come into bloom in late January. This ...

Q:My 15-year-old Cornelian cherry dogwood flowers beautifully every year but has never made fruit. Does it need a partner? If so, how do I tell whether mine is male or female? A: The flowers of ...

WHAT: Clusters of small yellow flowers appear on the stems of the Cornelian cherry dogwood in February. At first glance, the tree appears to be a forsythia, except that it is much bigger and blooms in ...

Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. One of the first trees/shrubs to bloom is the Cornelian cherry dogwood (Cornus mas). Blooming in early- to mid-spring for about three weeks ...

My harbinger of spring is not the robin, which anyway often decides to stay here all winter, but a plant called cornelian cherry (Cornus mas). Most years, the tree is swathed in a show of small, ...

Driving past Hurley Park along Mahaley Drive in Salisbury, you will notice an unusual tree bursting with bright yellow blooms. That tree full of blooms in the park is a Cornelian cherry dogwood ...

Q: I read your list of landscape plants with attractive fruits, and I'm wondering if any of them are edible this time of year. A: A few are, but most of our edible fruiting plants produce ripe fruits ...

The Cornelian cherry dogwood ( Cornus mas) is a low-branching deciduous shrub or small tree. It produces clusters of star-shaped lemon-yellow flowers in mid- to late March, about the time the witch ...