This image should have been posted September 2nd, 2o15.
I took the left image at Reynolda Garden in Winston-Salem on Saturday. However, one of my neighbors has 2 of these Chinese dogwood trees. Botanical name Kornus kousa. The right image was taken this spring with the iPhone 5C native app. --no editing. It blooms later than the flowering dogwood we are familiar seeing in NC in spring. The left image is the fruit which appears late summer and into the fall. According to the Missouri Botanical Garden website these berries are exceptionally large (about 1.25 inches) and are edible (inner custard-like consistency) off the plant. Birds also love the fruit. Elliptic-ovate, pointed, dark green leaves (to 4” long) turn orange-red to scarlet in autumn. The left image taken with Camera+ app, HDR, macro setting. Edited with PSE 11: cropped, increased midtones, sharpened.
Just for the record. I decided to pick one of the fruits and cut it open. It wa only about 3/4 inch in diameter. I tasted it and it was sweet, but there were at least 2 seeds inside the size of a cherry pit --thought it tasted a little like mango flavor. I can see eating for survival, but not to make an dessert.
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