Native plants for yard tree in Kentucky

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  • Flowering Dogwood
    Cornus florida

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    Eric Hunt, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo

    Mar to May30 ft tall, 22.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to average soil
    Its plant group feeds 28 kinds of birdsDogwood anthracnose
  • Yaupon Holly
    Ilex vomitoria

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    no rights reserved, CC0, Original photo

    Mar to May15 ft tall, 10 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Listed for containersIts plant group feeds 11 kinds of birds
  • Witherod Viburnum
    Viburnum cassinoides

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    Dcrjsr, CC BY 3.0, Original photo

    White, May to Jun7.5 ft tall, 6.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Its plant group feeds 18 kinds of birds
  • Southern Arrowwood
    Viburnum dentatum

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    (c) aberkov, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo

    White, Mar to Apr8 ft tall, 8 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Its plant group feeds 18 kinds of birds
  • Possumhaw Viburnum
    Viburnum nudum

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    (c) mfeaver, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo

    White, Spring8.5 ft tall, 8.5 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group feeds 18 kinds of birds
  • Allegheny Serviceberry
    Amelanchier laevis

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    (c) christine123, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo

    White, Apr to May20 ft tall, 17.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Listed for containersIts plant group feeds 16 kinds of birds
  • Buttonbush
    Cephalanthus occidentalis

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    Rufino Osorio (also known as Desmodium), CC BY-SA 2.5, Original photo

    Mar to Jul15 ft tall, 6 ft wideMoist to wet soil
    Its plant group hosts 25 kinds of caterpillars
  • Common Elderberry
    Sambucus canadensis

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    (c) Fluff Berger, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo

    White, Spring, Summer8.5 ft tall, 9 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group feeds 49 kinds of birds
  • Eastern Redbud
    Cercis canadensis

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    Nikolai Bulykin, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo

    Mar to May25 ft tall, 30 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 29 kinds of caterpillars
  • Sweetbay Magnolia
    Magnolia virginiana

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    Photo by and (c)2008 Derek Ramsey (Ram-Man). Co-attribution must be given to the Chanticleer Garden., CC BY-SA 3.0, Original photo

    White, Summer22.5 ft tall, 22.5 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 21 kinds of caterpillars
  • American Witch-hazel
    Hamamelis virginiana

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    Katja Schulz from Washington, D. C., USA, CC BY 2.0, Original photo

    Oct to Oct22.5 ft tall, 17.5 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 69 kinds of caterpillars
  • Sourwood
    Oxydendrum arboreum

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    Agnieszka Kwiecień, Nova, CC BY-SA 4.0, Original photo

    White, Summer25 ft tall, 12.5 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 16 kinds of caterpillars
  • Common Pawpaw
    Asimina triloba

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    (c) Bill Keim, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo

    Mar to May22.5 ft tall, 22.5 ft wideUsually moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 15 kinds of caterpillars
  • Fringetree
    Chionanthus virginicus

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    (c) Kathy Richardson, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0, Original photo

    White, Spring21 ft tall, 16 ft wideSomewhat dry to moist soil
    Its plant group hosts 13 kinds of caterpillars