ASKI CELEBRATING 26 YEARS! Welcome to My weekly series! THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs 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, This summer our dogwood tree's bark is peeling all over. It has a bumper crop of seed balls and the leaves look healthy. The tree is at least 25 years old and it's never done this before. Any thoughts? Thanks for your assistance, - Lee Hi Lee, The dogwood in question is a Kousa Dogwood or Japanese Dogwood. The peeling bark is normal for older Kousa Dogwoods. It is not diseased. As the tree gets older, shades of cream, green, orange, pink and gray are common. You have a beautiful, healthy tree. Sprigs & Twigs SPRIGS & TWICS VOTED THE BEST BY DAY READERS EVERY YEAR! WWW.SPRIGSANDTWIGS.NET EMAIL OR MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO: info@sprigsandtwigs.net or Linda Lillie, Sprigs & Twigs Inc, PO Box 245, Gales Ferry, CT 06335 (best) 22?????? AVAILABLE NOW! - Over 200 of your gardening questions answered. . $49.95 .tax. $53.12 shipping and handling. THE BEST OF THE LANDSCAPE ASK ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY! CALL OUR OFFICE AT: 860-235-0752 ASKI CELEBRATING 26 YEARS ! Welcome to My weekly series ! THE LANDSCAPE PROFESSIONAL Linda K. Lillie of Sprigs & Twigs 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 , This summer our dogwood tree's bark is peeling all over . It has a bumper crop of seed balls and the leaves look healthy . The tree is at least 25 years old and it's never done this before . Any thoughts ? Thanks for your assistance , - Lee Hi Lee , The dogwood in question is a Kousa Dogwood or Japanese Dogwood . The peeling bark is normal for older Kousa Dogwoods . It is not diseased . As the tree gets older , shades of cream , green , orange , pink and gray are common . You have a beautiful , healthy tree . Sprigs & Twigs SPRIGS & TWICS VOTED THE BEST BY DAY READERS EVERY YEAR ! WWW.SPRIGSANDTWIGS.NET EMAIL OR MAIL YOUR QUESTIONS TO : info@sprigsandtwigs.net or Linda Lillie , Sprigs & Twigs Inc , PO Box 245 , Gales Ferry , CT 06335 ( best ) 22 ?????? AVAILABLE NOW ! - Over 200 of your gardening questions answered . . $ 49.95 .tax . $ 53.12 shipping and handling . THE BEST OF THE LANDSCAPE ASK ORDER YOUR COPY TODAY ! CALL OUR OFFICE AT : 860-235-0752