CELEBRATING 26 YEARS! Welcome to My weekly series! THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs ASKI Linda K. Lillie has been President of Sprigs & Twigs, Inc. for the last 26 years. She is a graduate of Connecticut College in Botany, an accredited NOFA Organic Land Care Professional, a Connecticut Master Gardener and a national award winning landscape designer for her design and installation projects. Hello Linda, I have a pink Kousa Dogwood in my yard (I think variety Satomi or Rosabella). The flowers are not very pink, rather an off-white. Is there anything that I can do to enhance the pink flowers like I see elsewhere? The tree is in full sun. A few of the lower branches, which are shaded by its upper branches, have the nice pink coloration. Thanks, Paul Hi Paul, Dogwoods are understory trees which means they naturally grow in part shade under the big Oaks, Maple and Hickories at the edge of woodlands. The filtered sunlight they receive helps to protect the color of their flowers. In your situation, since the tree is in full sun, the sunlight is bleaching out the color of the flowers. There's really nothing practical you can do to enhance the flower color, unless you can come up with a way to provide shade like an awning or shade sail. If the tree is small enough, perhaps it could be transplanted to a more shady pot. Sprigs & Twigs EMAIL OR MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO: info@sprigsandtwigs.net or Linda Lillie, Sprigs & Twigs Inc, PO Box 245, Gales Ferry, CT 06335 SPRICS & TWIGS VOTED THE BEST BY DAY READERS EVERY YEAR! WWW.SPRIGSANDTWICS.NET CELEBRATING 26 YEARS ! Welcome to My weekly series ! THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs ASKI Linda K. Lillie has been President of Sprigs & Twigs , Inc. for the last 26 years . She is a graduate of Connecticut College in Botany , an accredited NOFA Organic Land Care Professional , a Connecticut Master Gardener and a national award winning landscape designer for her design and installation projects . Hello Linda , I have a pink Kousa Dogwood in my yard ( I think variety Satomi or Rosabella ) . The flowers are not very pink , rather an off - white . Is there anything that I can do to enhance the pink flowers like I see elsewhere ? The tree is in full sun . A few of the lower branches , which are shaded by its upper branches , have the nice pink coloration . Thanks , Paul Hi Paul , Dogwoods are understory trees which means they naturally grow in part shade under the big Oaks , Maple and Hickories at the edge of woodlands . The filtered sunlight they receive helps to protect the color of their flowers . In your situation , since the tree is in full sun , the sunlight is bleaching out the color of the flowers . There's really nothing practical you can do to enhance the flower color , unless you can come up with a way to provide shade like an awning or shade sail . If the tree is small enough , perhaps it could be transplanted to a more shady pot . Sprigs & Twigs EMAIL OR MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO : info@sprigsandtwigs.net or Linda Lillie , Sprigs & Twigs Inc , PO Box 245 , Gales Ferry , CT 06335 SPRICS & TWIGS VOTED THE BEST BY DAY READERS EVERY YEAR ! WWW.SPRIGSANDTWICS.NET