WRAL contributor If you step into spring in North Carolina, you'll find the air buzzing with life and the delicate blooms of the North Carolina state flower, the flowering dogwood. With its soft ...

Flowering dogwood features white blooms ... which give way to tiny fruits. Yoshino cherry flowers combine with early blooming peonies for a breathtaking view while providing early-season nectar ...

Kousa dogwood trees are popular ornamental trees with attractive white flowers. Although Kousa dogwood trees are native to East Asia, they are now grown throughout the United States and Canada.