Pruning Our Pagoda Dogwood Tree - July 2026
I planted a very small, native Pagoda Dogwood tree in our backyard in the Summer of 2021. Five years ago . It was from a municipal native tree sale and was just a foot tall. Over the five years, it has grown up and out. But, where it is planted is a little bit out-of-the-way. Well...it is out-of-the-way now because the Weeping Redbud (Lavender Twist) bounced back after what I thought was it dying out. That weeping Redbud has come back as a multi-trunk tree and has put on a bunch of size. That means that this Pagoda Dogwood tree is now tucked in *behind* the redbud's foliage. That doesn't diminish the Pagoda Dogwood, though. Just makes it a little bit harder to see. I most recently covered this tree this past Winter when I posted a photo of the structure . Each of the last three growing seasons, I've pruned this tree after it was done flowering. 2023 pruning , 2024 pruning and last year, 2025 pruning . In each case...