Kentucky Native Plant and Wildlife

Kentucky has two species of early summer blooming spiderworts, Ohio and zigzag or wide-leaf (T. subaspera).  The more showy of the two s...

This is a uniquely an American Plant and is a great example of evolution in process.  There is only one columbine in Europe, it is mostly ...

This member of the bean family typically flowers in late May and early June and can reach heights of 2-2 1/2' tall.  It is a much larg...

This is a native wetland plant that has some of the plant submerged under the water and can reach 2' tall.  It is however an excelle...

This is one of the showy late spring woodland wildflowers that can form a large colony but is a great plant for attracting honeybees, bum...

This is a wonderful woodland small tree or large shrub that has interest in the spring with the white bell shaped flowers and in the fall ...

When used en masse at the edge of a woodland garden as a focal point or specimen tree, this early blooming small tree deserves to be in e...