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 Origin: Eastern United States; introduced to Europe in 1730. These are handsome small trees with broadly oval leaves, their crowded heads of flowers are surrounded by four large white, red or pink bracts. The dogwood flowers are the state flower of Virginia.

The dogwood trees in Charlottesville come with beautiful pastel colored flowers. If you have a picture of a dogwood tree in bloom, and don't mind sharing it with us, please send it to Jenny for a replacement or extra.