Diabetes affects our blood vessels and nerves and therefore can affect any part of the body. However, certain parts of our body are affected more than other parts.
I don't think dogwoods have (much?) scent, maybe just lightly floral. The white petally looking things are not actually petals they are bracts, like a poinsettia has. There's something called an English dogwood that is very fragrant, but it isn't a true dogwood and is also known as mock orange. Bradford pears have a smell that this author described as sweaty socks, so if your tree doesn't smell very good that's probably it: http://www.gardenguides.com/106133-dogw ...
Each of these dogwoods bloom at different times of the year. Most people think of the Flowering dogwood, Cornus florida, when they think of dogwoods. These trees bloom in March across the country.Other dogwoods include kousa dogwood, Cornus kousa, and the Cornelian cherry dogwood, Cornus mas.Kousa dogwood and Cornelian cherry dogwood both blossom in late winter.ave. One of the early signs of spring is the blooming of dogwood trees. Dogwoods grow both in the wild and cultivated in the home garden. Uncultivated, dogwood grow beneath the canopy of larger trees in a forest.