Cornus florida dogwoods do not like full sun for starters. Improper pruning
and care may well have caused your problem.

Here is some links you might enjoy.

KESLICK AND SON MODERN ARBORICULTURE
My resume is at http://mercury.ccil.org/~treeman/educat.html
Here are some links you may consider adding to your site. They are case
sensitive.

1. Techno Tree Biology Dictionary
http://www.treedictionary.com . Look up "logging".

2. Articles written by DR. ALEX L. SHIGO, one of the foremost authorities
worldwide on tree systems today online at
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/shigo/index.html

3. Literature Available by Dr. Shigo is he
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/treeinfo.html

4. Hard to get Documents
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT20...get/index.html


If you have any suggestions please let me know. 610-864-5251

John A. Keslick, Jr.
Tree Biologist
http://mercury.ccil.org/~treeman/
Beware of so-called TREE EXPERTS who do not understand TREE BIOLOGY!
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.
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I recently purchased a new home that is surrounded by dogwoods - some
of the trees look great, but the rest have light green leaves with
dark-ish spots on them (which from what I've seen online could be a
fungal issue?)...but the odd thing is that the trees with this problem
don't have any foliage from the middle of the tree to the top - just
completely bare branches. I'm seeing plenty of information about the
spotting on the leaves, but are these bare branches caused by the same
types of fungal problems? Any advice on where to look for a solution
as it seems this is a serious problem? (one of the dogwoods died before
I bought the house) Thanks in advance for any help anyone can provide.

- Adam