Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: DogwoodWhat is going on?, 1 by gessieviolet

gessieviolet wrote:
This dogwood tree has never been the kind of bloomer that is typical in our area. Planted another tree near it as replacement year before last.

My chainsaw quit as I was removing this one, so in disgust, I put the saw away and never did finish taking down the tree which was cut about half way thru.

Surprisingly, the tree actually thrived during an extremely hot, dry summer, and one of the worst winters we have experienced in many years.

Because it seemed to be full of bracts, I decided not to finish removal this spring just to see what happened.

It's display was heavy, but not spectacular at the regular dogwood bloom time in April.

Now an interesting thing is happening. It is putting out another display of bracts about 6 weeks later !!

Is there any explanation? I am debating whether to finish removing it.