Question
We see beautiful dogwood trees with thousands of bright red seeds.  Can these seeds be propigated sucessfully?

Do most of these seeds just get eaten by birds, or what?

Answer
Hi Jim,
Thanx for your question.  Yes, you can grow these seeds.  Plant them in a pot of good potting soil, moist but not soggy and cover the seeds with 1 inch of soil.  You can place the pot outdoors for the winter but make sure you water it if you don't have regular snow or rain or you can place the pot inside a plastic baggie.  Seal the baggie and place it in the fridge for 90 days.  Remove the pot from the fridge and the baggie and place it in a warm area but keep the soil most.  In the case of the pot outdoors, sprouting will occur sporadically during the spring after the last frost.  In the case of the pot placed in the fridge and returned to a warm area in the house, sprouting will occur sporadically over the next 6 months.  Prick the seedlings out of the soil after they have their first set of true leaves and pot up separately.  Once the seedlings are strong and the danger or frost has passed, place the potted seedlings outdoors where they are protected from direct sunlight, rain, hail, wind and exteremes in temperature for 10 days.  After that, plant the seedlings in beneath other trees.  Dogwoods prefer a semi-shaded area.  They are a wonderful woodland tree existing underneath the canopy of the larger trees.  I hope this helps.
Tom