Cornus florida f. rubra
Pink Flowering Dogwood
Pink Flowering Dogwood
A beautiful specimen of Cornus florida f. rubra in downtown Chilliwack:
Flowering Dogwood
I eagerly await this particular tree’s flowering every May: an elegant pink dogwood (Cornus florida f. rubra) that attracts admiring glances from all passers-by.
Photographed in the Cambie Street neighbourhood, May 3rd and 5th, 2020.
A Year in Flowers, Week 19: Gwynne Vaughn Park
Although many rhododendrons in the park are blooming, my favourite blossoms are the dogwood and the wisteria and these were my subjects during early morning and evening garden walks this past week:
“There is much to be said for cherry blossoms, but they seem so flighty. They are quick to run off and leave you. And then just when your regrets are the strongest the wisteria comes into bloom, and it blooms on into the summer. There is nothing quite like it. Even the color is somehow companionable and inviting.”
~ Murasaki Shikibu, The Tale of Genji