This Is Kentucky's Floral Clock

Kentucky's Floral Clock is planted with 13,000 Alternantera and Santolina foliage plants. One of the largest in the world, it is similar to the famous clocks of Edinburgh, Scotland, and weighs 200,000 pounds. Its base is faced with native Kentucky field stone. The minute hand is 20-1/2 feet long and weighs 530 pounds, and the hour hand is 15-1/2 feet long and weighs 420 pounds. The cast aluminum hands are finished in "Kentucky Blue." Built in 1961, the clock was dedicated on May 4 by the Garden Club of Kentucky, Inc., co-sponsor of the clock with the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The pool in front of the clock is used by many visitors as a wishing well, and funds from the pool are used for charitable purposes, including the purchase of recreation equipment for children in state child-care institutions.

Frankfort, Kentucky · United States