India, March 16 -- This time of year, everyone seems to be talking about Japan's cherry blossoms, but a lesser-known bloom is blossoming much closer to home. Across the Ozark Mountains, flowering dogwood trees put on their own colourful show in the spring, rivalling (if not surpassing) the revered cherry blossom.

The flowering dogwood trees are unique - in that the blooms are so dense that the trees appear to be laden with a heavy coat of pink and white flowers. The trees can be spotted all over Missouri (it's the state tree!), but one wilderness destination has become synonymous with the spring blooms.

The flowering trees welcome guests to Big Cedar Lodge, a wilderness retreat perched on the edge of Table Rock Lake south of Branson, Mi...