{"id":22345,"date":"2023-06-29T09:44:24","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:44:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?p=22345"},"modified":"2023-06-29T09:44:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T13:44:56","slug":"why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Question:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>The leaves of our three-year-old dogwood are lighter than they have been and the tree developed far few flowers this year. Is there something we should do for it?<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Answer:<\/h3>\n<div><em>Jonathan Foster, Special Projects Assistant<\/em><\/div>\n<p>A lot of flowering trees in Maine this year were seriously hit by the relatively warm winter followed by the brutal cold snaps in February and April, killing off many of the flower buds that had begun to emerge early. A couple of related articles on the topic:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/enychp\/tree-fruit\/peaches\/tree-fruit-blog-managing-peach-blocks-with-no-crop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/blogs.cornell.edu\/enychp\/tree-fruit\/peaches\/tree-fruit-blog-managing-peach-blocks-with-no-crop\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688127062199000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3iKDuhZZH0dvyqIqo-QpSj\">Cornell Univ Blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/new-england-peach-crop-lost-cold-cider-hill-farm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/boston\/news\/new-england-peach-crop-lost-cold-cider-hill-farm\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688127062200000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0bdeb0kx2_6TafkO8UeqJ3\">CBS Boston news story<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The light leaves may be an indicator of a stressed plant, possibly from a very wet spring and early summer. However, they may also be an early indicator of dogwood crown canker, as detailed in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/plantclinic.cornell.edu\/factsheets\/dogwoodcrowncanker.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=http:\/\/plantclinic.cornell.edu\/factsheets\/dogwoodcrowncanker.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1688127062200000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1BOkr46qAiQa_OGu4qviFV\">this Cornell Univ Extension article<\/a>, so you may want to scout the base of your trunk for indications of the disease. If the plant looks generally healthy, I would be less concerned, but do keep an eye on it and reach back out if it seems to be deteriorating or begins to lose leaves.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: The leaves of our three-year-old dogwood are lighter than they have been and the tree developed far few flowers this year. Is there something we should do for it? Answer: Jonathan Foster, Special Projects Assistant A lot of flowering trees in Maine this year were seriously hit by the relatively warm winter followed by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[199],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Question: The leaves of our three-year-old dogwood are lighter than they have been and the tree developed far few flowers this year. Is there something we should do for it? Answer: Jonathan Foster, Special Projects Assistant A lot of flowering trees in Maine this year were seriously hit by the relatively warm winter followed by [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-06-29T13:44:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-06-29T13:44:56+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"twood\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"twood\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/29\\\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/29\\\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"twood\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518\"},\"headline\":\"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year?\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-29T13:44:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-29T13:44:56+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/29\\\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":190,\"articleSection\":[\"Ask the Expert\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/29\\\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/29\\\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-06-29T13:44:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-06-29T13:44:56+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/29\\\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/29\\\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/2023\\\/06\\\/29\\\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/\",\"name\":\"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard\",\"description\":\"Information you can use. Research you can trust.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518\",\"name\":\"twood\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"twood\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/extension.umaine.edu\\\/gardening\\\/author\\\/twood\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","og_description":"Question: The leaves of our three-year-old dogwood are lighter than they have been and the tree developed far few flowers this year. Is there something we should do for it? Answer: Jonathan Foster, Special Projects Assistant A lot of flowering trees in Maine this year were seriously hit by the relatively warm winter followed by [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/","og_site_name":"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard","article_published_time":"2023-06-29T13:44:24+00:00","article_modified_time":"2023-06-29T13:44:56+00:00","author":"twood","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"twood","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/"},"author":{"name":"twood","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518"},"headline":"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year?","datePublished":"2023-06-29T13:44:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-29T13:44:56+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/"},"wordCount":190,"articleSection":["Ask the Expert"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/","name":"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year? - Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard - University of Maine Cooperative Extension","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-06-29T13:44:24+00:00","dateModified":"2023-06-29T13:44:56+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/2023\/06\/29\/why-has-my-dogwood-not-developed-many-flowers-this-year\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Why has my Dogwood not developed many flowers this year?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#website","url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/","name":"Cooperative Extension: Garden and Yard","description":"Information you can use. Research you can trust.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/#\/schema\/person\/9f0056a6c4a281b4f517e1313fa2c518","name":"twood","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/fc8c7b5c8d78336ceef76f813278762e12972bcd042b075da831f24d0320bdb3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"twood"},"url":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/author\/twood\/"}]}},"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":199,"label":"Ask the Expert"}]},"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"twood","author_link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/author\/twood\/"},"comment_info":0,"category_info":[{"term_id":199,"name":"Ask the Expert","slug":"ask","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":199,"taxonomy":"category","description":"This is the top level category for all posts submitted to our Ask the Expert gardening questions form.","parent":0,"count":656,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":199,"category_count":656,"category_description":"This is the top level category for all posts submitted to our Ask the Expert gardening questions form.","cat_name":"Ask the Expert","category_nicename":"ask","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22345"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22347,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22345\/revisions\/22347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/gardening\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}