Dogwood Blossom

Our church lawn is graced by two lovely Dogwood trees- one white, and one "red". Both of them are in full bloom right now and look so pretty.

[Kerri]

Beautiful

[Hope D Jennings]

Does your church tell a story about the Dogwood,Ann?When I was a little girl I remember a story in Sunday school...that the cross was made from Dogwood.And then the ( white) flowers symbolized the cross and developed red at the tips to symbolize blood.The stamens were supposed to be the crown of thorns.This image and your commentary brought this back to mind,Beautiful.

[Laurie]

Beautiful!! I must remember to catch a shot of the pink one in front of A's preschool this week!

[Dixie Goode]

I've only ever seen white ones. I did not know they came in other colors

[Rick Schies]

Look at all that detail, very nice

[Sandi]

I agree, such nice texture in your close-up! That's a wonderful story about the dogwood. I had never heard that... :)

[Bev]

Very gorgeous flower. Nicely captured.

[Judith]

So beautiful.

[Debs Stott]

Fabulous POV that shows the wonderful patterns inside the petals.
I also like the contrasting colours.

[Suse♡]

Gorgeous shot! Love the pov, it makes these flowers look so huge, like giant flowers!

[Suzie Townsend]

We were in Louisiana over a month ago and the wild dogwoods were blooming white all over the place.

[Edie]

Gorgeous shot. Love the composition and detail.

[Sierra Nicole]

Pretty!

[Daisy Miller]

Gorgeous shot. Great composition

[Sally Ings]

So pretty, love the colour and the details on the petals

[Allison Williams]

My goodness, your blooming season is weeks behind ours. A lovely rich color. It is fun to see your pictures -- like revisiting the flowers of Virginia!

[Alice Burghart]

gorgeous

[Lisa Poland]

Absolutely gorgeous! FAV!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

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Thank you to all and apologies for the mass reply! I'm in the middle of a very busy week but hope to get caught up soon! In the meantime, thank you for all the favs, wonderful comments and for being the wonderful people that you are!

@mzzhope Yes- lovely story. I think I posted a shot last year or the year before when I included it.
@pandorasecho As far as I know (and I've ever seen) they come in white and red (which is more like a pink).
@allie912 It was a very long and cold winter... here comes the sun!

[Carole Imes]

Beautiful colors and crisp details.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

@cimes1 Thank you Carole!