Kentucky Native Plant and Wildlife

This is not the showiest of shrubs, but it is an excellent native plant for attracting birds and can be used in the back of your native wi...

Blake Newton, UK Extension Entomologist Last summer, I posted an item on this blog about Ticks In Kentucky . I listed some of the differen...

Sundrops or Southern Sundrops as it is sometimes called is a delightful, bright, showy member of the evening primrose family. It is a day ...

This outstanding native perennial has been in the nursery trade for decades and today you can get them in almost any color under the su...

Look closely at the turtlehead flowers and yes, each individual flower in the cluster does resemble a turtles' head.  There are two...

The wild strawberry is one of those native plants that provide fruit that is edible by humans and a variety of other creatures.  The fruit...

I remember years and years ago when I took my first range management course and we discussed plant increasers and decreasers (those that i...