NOTE: When this plant will reach bloom in your are will vary, Some will start blooming the previous month and may even have ended blooming in your area by the start of this month. Or have ended blooming in your area, but are still in bloom elsewhere in Kentucky..

Comments are by Phil Craft unless otherwise attributed, comments by Randolph Richards are indicated by RR.

April

Dandelion

Taraxacum officinale

(I have never seen such a heavy Dabdelion bloom as in 2010)

Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Purple Deadneetle

Lamium purpureum

(Purple Deadneetle is often mistakenly identified as Henbit, plants do look similar. Both are members of the mint family & so both have square stems.)

Leatherleaf Mahonia

Mahonia bealei

Bush Honeysuckle

Lonicera fragrantissima

Chickweed

Stellaria media

White Clover

Trifolium repens

Holly

Ilex spp.

Water (Silver) Maple

Acer saccharinum

Red Maple

Acer rubrum

Norway Maple

Acer platanoides

Sugar Maple

Acer saccharin

American Elm

Ulmus Americana

Willow

Salix spp.

Bradford Pear

Pyrus spp.

Plum

Prunus spp.

Ground Ivy

Glechoma hederacea

Peaches

Prunus persica

Redbud

Cercis Canadensis

Apples

Malus domestica

Cherries

Prunus spp.