Dogwoods Dominate Garden Radio Talk

Favorite flowering dogwoods will be the talk of the hour on KPAM860’s Garden Living with Drake’s 7 Dee’s, airing at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 19 in the Portland Metro area.

Host Lynn Snodgrass and guest Nancy Buley of J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co. agree that June Snow™ Dogwood is a mutual favorite. A top choice for their own gardens, this outstanding selection of Giant Dogwood (Cornus controversa), is a Schmidt introduction that is a top performer in Pacific Northwest gardens. Notable for its four seasons of beauty, it is remarkable for the “snowstorm” of creamy-white blooms that blanket its horizontally-tiered branches in late May and June, its deep green summer foliage and brilliant fall foliage. Even when dormant, its burgundy-brown bark and horizontally spreading branches lend winter interest to the garden. Learn more about this and other remarkable dogwoods at www.jfschmidt.com/dogwoods

Venus® and Starlight® Dogwoods, Eddie’s White Wonder and Heart Throb® Dogwoods, and Snowcone® and Snow Charm® Snowbells are also described and recommended by Nancy and Lynn as excellent garden trees for local landscapes. Portland-area listeners can tune in to the Portland broadcast at AM860. Those farther afield can listen via live stream

Lynn’s shows are archived on the Drake’s 7 Dee’s Nursery website:

Snowcone® Snowbell is a narrow and upright selection of Japanese Snowbell.	Venus® Dogwood blooms are unusually large.	Snow Charm® Snowbell is a selection of Japanese Snowbell that can be depended upon to deliver the classic, rounded form of the species.

June Snow™ Dogwood - Winter branches

June Snow™ Dogwood - Late spring, early summer blossoms.

June Snow™ Dogwood - fall color