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, ...

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 ...

This old cornelian cherry tree blooms with the daffodils for a welcome sight each spring in Pennsylvania. Fruits are ready to harvest in late summer or early fall. Cornelian cherries, sometimes called ...

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 ...

STARVED FOR COLOR in the landscape after months of drab weather, many gardeners eagerly welcome the brash, chrome-yellow flowers of forsythia. Even though, in the watery light of early spring, the ...