Photos from years past show the flowers blooming ... How has the tree lived double the life span of an average dogwood tree, which typically live only around 80 years? Who planted this tree ...

Here in the South, there is one tree deserving of all the springtime adulation it gets—the flowering dogwood (Cornus florida). Maybe it's because they're native and grow wild in our woods.

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – One of the first signs of spring is the blooming of flowering dogwood, a small tree with bright white flowers. But you now may have to look more carefully for this telltale sign ...