Monday, October 29, 2012

Plant of the Week: Southern Crab apple or narrow leaf crab apple (Malus angustifolia)

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When considered flowering crab apple trees, most homeowners and horticulturalists recommend one of the numerous cultivars that show resi...
Thursday, October 25, 2012

Plant of the Week: Trailing Lespedeza (Lespedeza repens)

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This is not the large showy garden plant that many folks are used to having in their landscapes.   However, this little gem does have a ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Plant of the Week: Starry Cleft Phlox or Sand Phlox (Phlox bifida)

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This is one of the earliest blooming phlox found in the state and because of this, it does not have any of the problems with powdery ...
Monday, October 8, 2012

Plant of the Week: Sourwood Tree (Oxydendrum arboreum)

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  Wow is a word that describes the scarlet fall color of the sourwood tree.   Better than the best maple tree by far.   Scarlet and...
Wednesday, October 3, 2012

Plant of the Week: Greater Fringed Gentian (Gentianopsis crinita)

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Do you have a perennial wet or moist spot in the garden?   Does it get full sun?   Do you need something to fill in with spectacular flo...
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Plant of the Week: American Beautyberry (Callicarpa americana)

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This is a southern species of shrub but appears to grow pretty well in Kentucky.   It is fairly quick growing shrub that can reach heigh...
Monday, September 17, 2012

Plant of the week: Western Sunflower (Helianthus occidentalis)

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Mention native sunflower to almost any urban or suburban homeowner and you are likely to get an earful of dislike, maybe even hatred.   Mos...