My dogwood is over 25 years old & flourishing. It’s produces a white flower…don’t know if that matters.
@Dig_Dug Your mixture works wonderfully except that the Borax will kill children & pets if they happen to get into it. I babysit a lot & I’ve had cats most of my adult life, so I shy away from that one. I wipe my countertops down with white vinegar. That doesn’t kill the ants, but it will confuse their radar so they leave & don’t come back. I don’t want to kill them…I just want them to go away!!! I will occasionally see them marching across the bricks of my home. I use a spray bottle of vinegar & spray their path. They become disoriented & forget to where they were marching. Every so often, I spray around my door jams or window sills just in case one decides to sneak in that way. That has been claimed to discourage spiders as well, but I can’t swear it has decreased my spider population in the summer!!! I can buy white vinegar really, really cheap at my local dollar store, so I try to keep some handy. Also works well as a hair rinse