Botanical Classification for Pink Dogwood Trees: The pink dogwood trees that I, myself grow are considered Cornus florida var. Rosea in plant taxonomy terms.Rubra may be a more popular pink-flowering C. florida variety than Rosea, however (see below).Plant Type: Pink flowering dogwoods are broadleaf, deciduous trees.Characteristics: With a common name like  flowering dogwood , it's no surprise that the various types of Cornus florida put on a terrific floral performance in the spring (although what appear to be four flower petals are actually bracts).he pink dogwood trees that I, myself grow are considered Cornus florida var. Rosea in plant taxonomy terms. Rubra may be a more popular pink-flowering C. florida variety than Rosea, however (see below). Plant Type: Pink flowering dogwoods are broadleaf, deciduous trees.
Many of you have probably heard of the concept â waste equals food .â William McDonough, architect, designer and author of the esteemed book Cradle to Cradle, developed the idea.lants need two types of nutrients for healthy growth; mineral and non-mineral. Non-mineral nutrients are Oxygen(O), Hydrogen(H), and Carbon (C). CO2 and H20 are changed into the plants food during photosynthesis.
Forty percent of food in the United States is never eaten, amounting to $165 billion a year in waste, taking a toll on the country's water resources and significantly increasing greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report from the Natural Resources Defense Council released this week.ll that waste has environmental costs, the report says. Food production accounts for 80% of the country's fresh water consumption, but the waste of food means 25% of the fresh water is actually wasted. And wasted food rotting in landfills accounts for 25% of U.S. methane emissions.