Common Persimmon
Zones 4-9
This oval-rounded to pyramidal shaded, native tree features blueberry-shaped fragrant white flowers in May-June and yellow to reddish purple fall color. Its edible berries, yellowish red to pale orange ripen in the fall.
Strawberry Bush
Zones 6-8
A 3-6' understory shrub with showy, dropping pinkish fruits with scarlet berries in autumn and white flowers in May-June. Preferres moist well drained soils.
Zones 4-8
Deciduous compact native shrub with fragrant white flowers in early May. Excellent fall color: yellow, orange, and scarlet. Shrub (10' tall and wide)
Dwarf Fothergilla
Zone 5-7
Attractive dark green, almost blue-green, summer foliage. Small shrub with slender, crooked, often spreading branches, rounded in outline. Fall color is a brilliant yellow to scarlet, often a combination of colors in same leaf. White flowers appear in the spring. Shrub (6' tall and wide)
Zone 4
A selection of dwarf Fothergilla made by Micheal Dirr for its extremely compact habit. Grows to 3-4' in 7 years. White fragrant flowers in spring. Shrub
Franklin Tree
Kentucky Coffeetree
Zones 3-8
Magnificent canopy tree (75') with large bipinnately compound leaves that turn lemon yellow in autumn. Legume with blunt leathery bean like pods in August. Kentucky State historic tree.