Kentucky Native Plant and Wildlife

The berries are now ripe on Winter King hawthorn and the birds are attacking them like crazy.  This cultivar of the native green hawthorn ...

Boneset is butterfly magnet in late summer and early fall.  It is especially attractive to small butterflies like the hairstreaks (gre...

At this time of the year I wish to express my thanks to all the faithful readers who have hopefully learned something about native plants ...

This is one of our most common woodland wildflowers and should be a main stay in any shade garden.  While it will grow in deeper shade,...

One of the biggest complaints about using native plants in the landscape is that they get too tall and are not showy enough.  While this g...

Blake Newton, UK Extension Entomology A few months ago, we posted a guide to the three most important tick species that are found in ...

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