\nThe following is according to my understanding.<\/p>\n
\nThere’s a small tree at the edge of the yard that’s easy to overlook. It flowers brightly every year, but when a lot of other blooms are out. I’ve pruned it a few times, but always when it wasn’t flowering, of course.<\/p>\n
\nTo be frank, I forget what the tree’s blooms look like. Some years I recall thinking they were cherry blooms.<\/p>\n
\nYet, I’ve come to realize it’s not a cherry tree. Rather, I think it’s a dogwood. Yet, not a Pacific dogwood, but a red-osier dogwood. Its leaves and branches are opposite, and its blooms are white and appear along the tops of the branches. Moreover, its twigs are red.<\/p>\n
\nOne additional idea that points me in the direction of the red-osier dogwood is that I found “flattened” stones where I leave prunings sometimes. The stones were clearly centres from fruit, but had “sides” rather than being round. Such is apparently another feature of the red-osier dogwood.<\/p>\n
\nSource:<\/p>\n
\nPojar, J., MacKinnon, A. (editors), 1994. Plants of Coastal British Columbia including Washington, Oregon and Alaska.<\/em> B.C. Ministry of Forests and Lone Pine Publishing.<\/p>\nJack of Oracle Tutoring by Jack and Diane,<\/a> Campbell River, BC. \n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Self-tutoring about yard work: the tutor mentions a discovery. The following is according to my understanding. There’s a small tree at the edge of the yard that’s easy to overlook. It flowers brightly every year, but when a lot of …<\/p>\n