On Dec 28, 9:14 am, "symplastless" wrote:

It's in the side of my front yard. The nearest pavement is about 15
feet away, building about 20. Air circulation in the area is good.

Patrick you still did not possitive ID them as Cornus florida. Do you have
two types of buds on your tree that looks like this?

http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT20...wood_cornus/in...

Yes, that is it. I even found the original information tag that was
attached to the tree.

Cornus florida rubra

With our strange winter, this tree currently has a flower nearly fully
formed and has many buds already cracked open.

Patrick