Throwing into gleaming brightness ...?

Does "throwing into gleaming brightness the dogwood trees that were solid masses of white blossoms against the background of new green" mean "throwing the dogwood trees (that were solid masses of white blossoms) into gleaming brightness against the background of new green"?

Context:

Outside, the late afternoon sun slanted down in the yard, throwing into gleaming brightness the
dogwood trees that were solid masses of white blossoms against the background of new green. The
twins’ horses were hitched in the driveway, big animals, red as their masters’ hair; and around the
horses’ legs quarreled the pack of lean, nervous possum hounds that accompanied Stuart and Brent
wherever they went. A little aloof, as became an aristocrat, lay a black-spotted carriage dog, muzzle
on paws, patiently waiting for the boys to go home to supper.