Cherokee Brave looks and behaves just like the native White Flowering Dogwood except its bracts have pink tips and the tree is has excellent resistance to mildew.
 
     Flowering Dogwood is among the most beautiful of the native ornamental trees, with its airy canopy, spring blooms, gorgeous fall foliage and bright red fall berries.
 
     The flower actually is small and green but framed by beautiful large bracts that open into a cross shape.  The straight-species dogwood attracts native bees, beetles and flies and is a butterfly and moth larval host.  Songbirds feast on its fall berries.
 
     We are offering 'Cherokee Brave,' a cultivar, this year as an alternative to the straight species because of its mildew resistance.  Also, we believe it's better from an ecological standpoint to plant the native cultivar as opposed to the Kousa Dogwood, which is from Asia and an emerging invasive.
 
     For more on Dogwood, read our blog here.