In May, the flowering season of the kousa dogwood has arrived. When the flowers bloom, the four white or light green bracts are swaying, like butterflies flutteringup and down a tree.It is quite romantic like "snow building up on the branches".

In August and September, the red fruits of the kousa dogwood are all over the branches, like "little lychees", which have a faint sweet and sour taste. They can not only be processed into preserved fruit and beverages, but also can be used as chemical oil to make high-grade soap due to the high oil content of the fruit. It can be said that the kousa dogwood is an "all-rounder".

It is also a good Chinese herbal medicine. According to "Huashan Medicine Records", it can be used for "convergence and hemostasis, clinical application in traumatic bleeding, dysentery, fracture."