The Best Dogwood Tree to Grow in Pennsylvania

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The best dogwood trees to grow in Pennsylvania are those resistant to the dogwood anthracnose fungus that first attacked trees there in the 1970s. Kousa dogwood, hardy through most of the state, is resistant to the disease. So are Stellar Kousa and flowering dogwood (Cornus florida) hybrids.

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A freelance writer, Judy Wolfe has owned Prose for the Pros, a freelance writing business, since 2006. She's been an inveterate traveler since 1961 and draws on her travel experiences to provide articles for such websites as Chincoteague Island Vacations and Berlin Dude. Wolfe holds a Bachelor of Arts in literature from California State University at Pomona.

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