What Iâd like to do with this column is elaborate a bit more on what a narrative hook is, how you can create great opening sentences, and how that hook relates to the rest of your story or novel. Wait, thatâs a terrible narrative hook.
Of the 17 species of dogwood native to North America, the four most common garden types are native flowering dogwoods, Pacific dogwood, Cornelian cherry dogwood and kousa dogwoods.n the winter, the tree has an attractive silhouette with small buds at the tips of the branches. Flowering dogwoods grow to between 12 and 20 feet tall with a trunk diameter of 6 to 12 inches. They thrive in sun or shade. Those in full sun are shorter with better leaf color, especially in the fall.
Kousa dogwood trees (C. kousa) grow to a height and width of 20 to 25 feet, according to the Clemson University Extension. This dogwood species displays bracts and flowers in the spring in colors of cream/white that may become pink as trees become established. Green leaves turn purple, red or yellow during autumn.ornelian Cherry Dogwood. Cornelian cherry dogwood trees (C. mas) grow to a height of 20 to 25 feet with a width of 15 to 20 feet, according to the Clemson University Extension. This species displays showy flowers during the end of winter and beginning of spring.