Devil Strip Beauty

On a day trip last month, this two-toned beauty of a dogwood caught my eye. I hadn’t ever seen a dogwood blooming with both pink and white blossoms. It was ironic that this glorious tree was growing in the devil strip in front of a church in Luray, Virginia. For those unfamiliar with the term, a devil strip is the grassy area between the sidewalk and the curb. In my research, I found the origin of the term to be a bit fuzzy. Nevertheless, I wanted to share this lovely tree with you before we got farther into spring.

“Devil Strip Beauty” is my Photo of the Week.

Author: Bruce Stambaugh

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7 thoughts on “Devil Strip Beauty”

Beautiful !

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Bruce Stambaugh says:

May 12, 2021 at 12:34 pm

Thank you.

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That is amazing.

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My old boss long ago in college had a few pink and white dogwoods in her yard. She said she had an arborist graft the pink branches onto the white. No idea if that’s true, or how it’s done, or if it can happen naturally (and I have a forestry degree????), but they are beautiful. William

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Bruce Stambaugh says:

May 13, 2021 at 9:51 pm

William, I thought they might be grafted, too, or else the tree was so old that it was resorting back to the original white flowers. But if you don’t know, I don’t know.

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