Take your small home to new heights with these dwarf plants for front yard landscaping in small yards and single story homes.

There is an Eastern dogwood tree (Cornus florida) — so-called since it is native to the Eastern US — at the end of my block, which I check on each spring to see if it’s flowering.

Dogwood tree adapts to a variety of climates ... “Red Beauty,” a relatively new cultivar, produces dark rosy-red bracts on a semi-dwarf tree. Several lighter pink cultivars are also available.