| Historic Dogwoods: Huntsville Botanical Garden |
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This dogwood is over 100 years old. It was saved by some schoolchildren in 1996 and moved to the Botanical Gardens on Bob Wallace Avenue.
This sign says: "Historic
Dogwood Tree
This dogwood was moved from an old homestead on Old Madison Pike to the Garden
on May 17, 1996. It is approximately 110 years old, measures 23 feet tall
and 44 feet around . The root ball was 16 feet in diameter and weighted
83,000 pounds. The community response and effort to save this tree
reflects caring spirit that resides here."
Take our photo tour of the
Dogwood Trees:
The Historic
Dogwood at the Botanical Gardens
Garth Road's Dogwoods
Twickenham's Adams
Street's Dogwoods
Maple Hill
Cemetery's Dogwoods
Related Subjects
Growing
and Maintaining Dogwoods
This site from the United States Department of Agriculture Forest
Service contains information of sources, planting, maintaining, diseases,
insects, and care of dogwoods.
Growing
Dogwoods
This information is from the Extension Horticulturists at the University
of Georgia College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences.
Dogwoods
Geobopological Survey reports that the dogwood is both a popular state
flower and a popular state tree.
