Mother-in-law wants this kinda tree. It is outside a local hospital and I want to be a good son-in-law and get her one. (they have cameras)

Hmmm. I've never seen that kind around, that I can remember anyway.

Magnolia?

Looks like a magnolia

Thanks I will look for one that can handle our zone.

Dogwood

Flowering magnolia.

Appears to be a magnolia shrub of some kind.

It kind of looks like a tree in one of my catalogs called I believe BEN FRANKLIN TREE

If it is a magnolia you might want to take a look at this site:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/gardening-by-zone/zone-5/zone-5-magnolia-trees.htm

Loebnier (sp?) magnolia . you might take a look at a star magnolia since they tend to be a little more cold hardy .

Flowering Magnolia for sure we have one in our yard.

I agree - Dogwood -was my first thought , but it maybe Magnolia

Thought Dogwoods only had 4 pedals to their flowers.

differnce between dogwood and magnolia Found this, might help settle the debate.

Type in Northern Magnolia and I believe you will find your tree. First thought it was a False Dogwood or Mock Orange but not the same bloom. Southern Magnolia has heavy dark leaves with a bloom almost a foot wide and our Mt. Magnolia has huge leaves that come on first with a bloom over a foot wide that come on later in the spring. The one I got still has not bloom this spring. Both tree are very beautiful but not sure where all they will live.

Not a dogwood. Something in the magnolia family. Dog wood just has four. People from the good ole days said the dogwood represented the cross on cavalry that OUR lord and savior died upon.

City of Olathe KS (Kansas City) has a bunch of them planted in the median on Lone Elm street. All bloomed out right now. Drive by with the window down it smells a lot like the magnolia in the S.E. part of the country. More bush than tree though unlike in the S.E. and they have smaller flowers. I've no clue what its actually called.

Its Magnolia stellata- or Star Magnolia- one of the earliest blooming magnolias- often the blossoms are susceptible to frost. Small Hardy often multi stem or short and wide deciduous flowering tree. Should be easy to find at the garden center- just ask for star magnolia.

Magnola where I live have large leaves. I have seen one mutated dogwood with double blooms in NC.