dogwood

Question

I Live in zone 5b. I bought a small dogwood tree from Lowes. It is growing well and after 4 yrs it produced flowers.For 2 springs now it produces flowers. The problem is it produces only 2 petals. At her first year of flowering, i thought it was just because it was young but this year all the flowers have only 2 petals. What is the matter with my tree, is it a bad tree?

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Answer 1

Plant mutants exist all throughout the world. Sometimes this can happen without warrant. Just enjoy the tree, and care for it, as if it were normal. This will be a fine conversation piece one day.

This article will help you in growing these trees: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/trees/dogwood/caring-dogwood-trees.htm