Appalachian Plants

Linda Hager Pack is a business owner in Richmond, Kentucky. She taught children's literature at Eastern Kentucky University, kindergarten and primary grades for twenty-two years in Kentucky and West Virgina, and she was awarded the prestigious Ashland Oil Teacher Award by Governor Paul Patton. She is the author of A is for Appalachia: The Alphabet Book of Appalachian Heritage and Appalachian Toys and Games from A to Z.
Pat Banks works from her studio in northern Madison County, Kentucky. She has worked on special commissions and is included in corporate and private collections, including the University of Kentucky Appalachian Center, St. Joseph Hospital, Johnson and Johnson, Louisville Zoo, and many more. She has illustrated three children's books and is a juried member of the Kentucky Guild of Artists and Craftsmen and a juried exhibitor with the Kentucky Arts Council, Kentucky Crafted.

In the Garden 9
Planting by the Signs 11
Beets 17
Broomcorn 21
Cabbage 25
Three Sisters 29
Popcorn 33
Pumpkin 37
Purple Martin Gourd 41
Rhubarb 45
Sorghum Cane 49
Tobacco 51
Irish Potato 55 Sweet Potato 57
  In the Yard 59
Apple Tree 63
Black Walnut 69
Bottle Tree 73
Catnip 75
Red Cedar 79
Sunflower 85
Yucca 87
  In the Wild 89
Plants
Bloodroot 95
Blue violet 97
Boneset 99
Cardinal Flower 103
Chicory 107
Christmas Fern 111
Dandelion 115
Doll’s Eyes 117
Dutchman’s Breeches 121
Ginseng 125
Goldenseal 127
Jack-in-the Pulpit 131
Joe-Pye Weed 135
Maypop 139
Mountain Mint 143
Poison Ivy and Jewelweed 147
Pokeweed 151
Rabbit Tobacco 153
Ramps 155
Toothwort 157
Trillium 161
Wild Ginger 165
Wild Strawberry 169
Yarrow 173
Yellow Lady’s Slipper 177
Shrubs and Trees
American Chestnut 183
Blackberry 187
Black Gum 191
Cherokee Rose 193
Dogwood 197
Elderberry 201
Hazelnut 205
Huckleberry 207
Mistletoe 211
Pawpaw 215
Persimmon 219
Rhododendron 221
Sarvis 225
Sassafras 229
Spicebush 233
Sugar Maple 237
Sweet Birch 241
Tulip Poplar 245
White Oak 249
White Pine 251
Wild Cherry 257
Witch Hazel 261