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Questions and Answers: 2014

Question: I'm having extreme difficulty finding a way to identify this flower/plant and am hoping you know it or can point …

  • Question

    I'm having extreme difficulty finding a way to identify this flower/plant and am hoping you know it or can point me in the right direction.

    Answer

    Dear Dee2edwards2000, your image appears to be a cultivar of a species of big-bracted-dogwood (genus Benthamidia, the group that Kousa big-bracted-dogwood and flowering big-bracted-dogwood belong to). This form is sometimes referred to as "magic dogwood". It is a Mexican species (urbiniana) named after Dr. Urbina.