Kentucky Native Plant and Wildlife

Sorry for not posting anything last week, but I spent the entire week in the ICU unit at Central Baptist and funny how they don't let ...

Often called moose maple or moosewood, the striped maple is the least known of all the common maple species in Kentucky.  In our state we...

This plant gets its name from the unique attribute that when an individual flower is moved it stays in place.  The other name, false dra...

Photo from Clemson University How many books, articles, and other materials have you read that says to plant Nandina, Heavenly Bamboo, ...

This is one of the lesser known milkweeds found in western Kentucky and is considered rare which is probably why it is not very well known...

This has to be one of my favorite goldenrods because it only gets about a foot high in poor soils and 2' tall in more fertile soils.  ...

Most agriculture folks consider tall ironweed as just that, "a weed."  I guess because it can take over pastures and cows won...