Comments on: Dogwoods in Bloom: Flowers Lose Their Scent http://blog.locustfork.net/2008/04/dogwoods-in-bloom-flowers-lose-their-scent/ A Wide Open Weblog for Big News, the Big Picture Mon, 14 May 2012 15:56:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Yana Davis http://blog.locustfork.net/2008/04/dogwoods-in-bloom-flowers-lose-their-scent/comment-page-1/#comment-1426 Yana Davis Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:27:40 +0000 http://blog.locustfork.net/index.php/science-news/dogwoods-in-bloom-flowers-lose-their-scent/#comment-1426 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. 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.

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