Dogwoods in Bloom: Flowers Lose Their Scent
April 20th, 2008
The spring bloom of the dogwood trees in the South is almost over for 2008, but for now it is time to enjoy the outdoors this time of year and take a break from the computer. Meanwhile, I thought it was just me who could not smell the flowers. Now comes this report from the UK Independent. Just another good reason to reduce pollution, whether you buy the global warming argument or not…
Pollution Causes Flowers to Lose Their Scent?
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April 21st, 2008 at 7:27 am
As you probably remember, Glynn, dogwood blooming season was a very big deal in Knoxville. The city was planted furiously with dogwoods sometime in the first half of the 20th century when a Knoxville mayor took issue with the city being called ugly in some prominent national publication.
By the 50s or 60s dogwood time in spring had become a very big deal in Knoxville, probably a bigger deal proportionately than cherry blossom time in D.C. Probably the main reason for that is the sheer number of dogwood trees: besides every city park, likely half the homes in Knoxville have at least one, if not several, dogwoods in front and back yards.
Driving down the streets along the banks of the Tennessee in spring in Knoxville were experiences almost “out of time” during blossom season.