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There are plenty of dogwood trees in Maryland, Virginia and Washington D.C. and I was lucky to be visiting when the trees were starting to bloom. Although dogwood trees blossoms can be vary from white / yellow to pink, my favorite ones have to be the red blossoms. I saw one dogwood tree with red blossoms while visiting Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello. I understand Jefferson himself planted most of the dogwood trees there so their age may explain why they’re so big.
You don’t often see trees with so many red blooms so it was a pleasure to photograph, even though the lighting was challenging since it was in the middle of the day, and it was a warm, sunny day. Perfect day to visit Monticello, walk the grounds and take pictures like these.
What’s your favorite kind of dogwood tree blossoms?
That’s a new one for me, lovely captures 🙂
Thank you very much! We don’t have dogwood trees in Southern California because it’s too hot and dry so I was very happy to not only see the trees, but their blossoms too since I’ve heard so much about them.
Ah, probably why I don’t see them either…
I think they’re only in North America, but I might be wrong.
Gorgeous red dogwood flowers! Beautiful captures!
Thank you very much, Amy!
These are so pretty! I love when they’re in white bloom and pink bloom, but I’m happy with any bloom. It means winter is over.
Haha, you’re right, tree blossoms are a good sign!
Lovely blossoms!
Thank you very much!