Dogwood Days in the Shasta Cascade
These are dogwood days in the Shasta Cascade as this photo of Dogwood drupes, taken by Jeri Rangel, attests. The dogwood are now laden with their brightly colored drupes, which are the flower of the dogwood tree. In springtime, the white blossoms, commonly thought to be the tree’s flower, are actually the flower’s leaves, called bracts. […]