Dogwoods across the Piedmont Triad are showing early leaf drop this summer, and heat stress is usually the cause.
Spartan Tree Service & Landscaping is seeing this across Kernersville and Winston-Salem properties, where a stretch of hot, dry weather pushes a stressed dogwood to shed leaves early to conserve water.
It's not always a sign of a dying tree, but repeated seasons of stress can weaken a dogwood over time and leave it more vulnerable to disease.
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Photo of a dogwood tree showing early leaf drop, or an arborist inspecting canopy stress on a residential dogwood.
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