A lovely, small, flowering tree known as one of the most beautiful trees in Eastern North America. The Dogwood has a short trunk, spreading branches, and red berries that appear in autumn. The showy, early-spring flowers have greenish-white or pink petals and bloom before the leaves. The light, close-grained, hard wood is extremely shock-resistant and useful for making spools, small pulleys, mallet heads, and some golf club heads. Indigenous people used the aromatic bark and roots as a remedy for malaria and extracted a red dye from the roots. Height: 15-25’ Spread: 15-20’