D137-2013  Flowering dogwood, Cornus florida
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Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 17, 2013
Sun shining down through dogwood canopy.

DP141-2013  Posted May 21; processed May 20
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Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 17, 2013
D137-2013  Tall old pink dogwood, probably nearing the end of its life.
This one stands in the northeast corner of the cemetery, not far from the May family vault.  If you look closely you can see the broken ends of branches near the top of the tree that were torn away from larger limbs during a bad ice storm this past winter.

Rising even higher into the sky, behind the dogwood, are the upper branches of a venerable redbud tree (its trunk is the one furthest right in this shot).
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Forest Hill Cemetery, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 17, 2013
D137-2013  Looking east along the Laurel Ridge Trail.
Typically only a few rhoodendrons, and none of the azaleas, are in bloom when the redbud trees are at their peak bloom.  A few wildflowers are also in bloom along the trail.
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Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 17, 2013
D264-2012 Flowering dogwood showing some fall color.  Near Cobblers Knob.
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Hidden Lake Gardens, Lenawee County, Michigan.
September 21, 2012.
D309-2012 Late autumn color in dogwood foliage.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
D309-2012 Late autumn color in dogwood foliage.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
D309-2012 Late autumn color in dogwood foliage.
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Toledo Botanical Garden, Ohio
November 5, 2012
Dogwood leaves seeming to emerge from a dark cave into the bright light of an autumn afternoon.

October 26, 2010
D137-2013 Flowering dogwood, Cornus florida
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Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 17, 2013
D137-2013  Flowering dogwood, Cornus florida
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Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 17, 2013
D137-2013 Flowering dogwood, Cornus florida
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Nichols Arboretum, Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 17, 2013
See photo in original gallery.