The third - and last - of the ball and burlap trees that my husband planted with the help of his trusty backhoe. Amazing husband to be able to plant sizable trees all by himself.

This tree wasn't in bloom when I picked it out at the nursery a month ago in April. However, it later tried to put out flowers while wrapped up to be transported 40 miles to our house. The cover was left on while it waited for my husband to finally get around to planting. So, the flowers never had a chance to develop normally. Admittedly, my husband is not as fast as a landscape crew in getting plants in the ground - once they are here. He's a husband....

Due to the stress, the flowers this year were anemic and wilted. But next year we should get a pretty display on even a small tree. However, it probably will take about 3 years before Rosy Teacup stops looking like just a sapling and looks more like the dogwood it is.

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"Bred from Rutgers University to be more disease resistant, more drought tolerant, more sun tolerant, and more floriferous than standard dogwood trees, Rosy Teacups is an incredibly tough but pretty hybrid dogwood that produces gorgeous, super-abundant deep rose pink flowers with red toned edges that will take your breath away in late spring. The flowers are long lasting and appear several weeks after native dogwoods, extending the dogwood flowering season." Wilson Bros