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By: “Cherokee Princess” | The Arbor Day Plot

“Cherokee Princess” | The Arbor Day Plot — Sat, 23 May 2020 15:55:15 +0000

[…] mind, these qualities represent the “old-fashioned” variety of dogwood, like the mature dogwood that grew on Lichfield Rd. in Detroit, the block on which we owned our first […]

By: Maureen Dunphy

Maureen Dunphy — Thu, 02 May 2019 19:43:56 +0000

In reply to Susan Hall-Balduf. Ha-ha, it will take more than me becoming a steward of a shadbush to turn me into the sugarplum fairy. Apparently, you weren't present in my tenth-grade gym class to see my modern dance, performed with Barb Lelli and Sherry Urban and set to "California Dreaming," or you'd not considered such a connection!

By: Susan Hall-Balduf

Susan Hall-Balduf — Thu, 02 May 2019 17:53:49 +0000

Now I’m convinced that you should plant a shadbush, because it could make you the sugarplum fairy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV1qLYukTH8

By: Maureen Dunphy

Maureen Dunphy — Wed, 01 May 2019 13:45:31 +0000

In reply to Jason.

Meagan reminded me that we gave the two of you a dogwood for an anniversary present last year–which I’d completely, and bizarrely, forgotten about–that needs to get purchased and planted. Maybe in NC, given that you’re already experiencing what we’d call summer weather, fall would be better? We’ll talk …

By: Rev. Eileen Patra

Rev. Eileen Patra — Wed, 01 May 2019 12:50:17 +0000

Love the Dogwood tree! We had one in our yard when I was in high school. It was such a beautiful sight each spring. My mother shared with me a legend about the Dogwood. She said the cross that Jesus was hung on had been a Dogwood and that since that time the Dogwood’s trunk had never grown large enough to be used in that way and that it now spent its energy on producing beautiful flowers. The story made the tree and its blooms even more endearing.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 01 May 2019 10:09:10 +0000

Yes! I’ve always loved dogwoods!