{"id":3772,"date":"2009-05-24T00:01:12","date_gmt":"2009-05-24T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/24\/dogwoods\/"},"modified":"2019-02-25T14:10:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T22:10:35","slug":"dogwoods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/3772","title":{"rendered":"Dogwoods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On my&nbsp;visits to the Filoli estate in April and early May, the flowering dogwoods (<em>Cornus florida<\/em> L.) were in bloom. Like Poinsettia and&nbsp;Bougainvillea, the flowers are green and inconspicuous. The showy, petal-like&nbsp;bracts are&nbsp;modified leaves that surround the flowers in a structure called an involucre.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Dogwood 'Venus'\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Dogwood-Venus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3771\" style=\"width: 468px; height: 312px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Dogwood-Venus.jpg\" alt=\"Dogwood 'Venus'\" width=\"468\" height=\"312\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><em>Cornus florida<\/em> &#8216;Venus\u00c2\u00ae&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: <em>Cornus florida<\/em> &#8216;Venus\u00c2\u00ae&#8217; (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 08 May 2009.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Pink Dogwood\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Dogwood-Pink.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3770\" style=\"width: 466px; height: 314px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Dogwood-Pink.jpg\" alt=\"Pink Dogwood\" width=\"466\" height=\"314\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Pink-flowered <em>Cornus florida<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE: Pink-flowered <em>Cornus florida<\/em> (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on&nbsp;17 April&nbsp;2009.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Dogwood branches\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Dogwood-Branches.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3768\" style=\"width: 468px; height: 311px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Dogwood-Branches.jpg\" alt=\"Dogwood branches\" width=\"468\" height=\"311\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Overhead Branches of <em>Cornus florida<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:&nbsp;Overhead Branches of&nbsp;<em>Cornus florida<\/em> (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on&nbsp;17 April&nbsp;2009.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"imagelink\" title=\"Dogwood habit\" href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Dogwood-Habit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image3769\" style=\"width: 466px; height: 311px;\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/Dogwood-Habit.jpg\" alt=\"Dogwood habit\" width=\"466\" height=\"311\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Habit of <em>Cornus florida<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE:&nbsp;Habit of <em>Cornus florida<\/em> (Woodside, San Mateo County, California). Photographed by Stephen J. Danko on&nbsp;17 April&nbsp;2009.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Copyright \u00a9 2009 by Stephen J. 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