Should I give up and remove them to plant new ones? Shrubs like red- and yellow-twig dogwood that are primarily grown for their colored bark usually have the brightest color in young stems.

“I have a red twig dogwood shrub I planted at least two years ago in my backyard that tends to be moist and shaded by some adjacent trees. It has only grown to about 3 feet tall and has thin foliag ...

Do some varieties have better color than others? There are two species of dogwood that may be referred to as red twig dogwood, Cornus sanguinea and Cornus sericea. Both plants will grow here ...

Q: We have a variegated red-twig dogwood that's 12 years old. Tonight on our walk around the property, my wife and I noticed some brown leaves. When we looked inside, we saw a white powdery ...

One widely available red twig dogwood is Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’. The foliage on this attractive shrub adds vibrant color with bright gray-green leaves outlined in a squiggly margin of ...

I was coming home yesterday afternoon, and I just happened to look over in my neighbor’s culvert and saw a small colony of red twig dogwood that I had never noticed before. I think I must have ...

Q: My wife wants to cut our 12-foot red twig dogwood practically to the ground, because only the twigs at the top of the shrub are colorful. I told her it would kill it. Am I right? A: Don’t bet ...

Two weeks ago, I thought I saw bird droppings on my red twig dogwood. They turned out to be caterpillars with a powdery white coating. More were curled under the leaves. Now my shrubs are being ...

But that’s just exactly what our Northwest native red twig dogwood does! In its native habitat, it thrives in moist soil along stream banks and in a filtered shade location. Put it in a home ...

The red-twig dogwood (Cornus alba ‘Elegantissima’), also known as the cream-edge Tatarian dogwood, is a pleasant shrub that offers so much to central Ohio gardens. The 21/2-inch medium gray ...