This time of year, visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway can expect to see many of the common summer varieties of our beautiful blooming flowers. This year, thanks to some wet weather and warm conditions, there is an abundance of species blooming along the trails and on the roadsides to make for a very colorful […]

This time of year, visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway can expect to see many of the common summer varieties of our beautiful blooming flowers. In Virginia, Common Evening Primrose, Indian Plantain, Rattlesnake Weed, Fire Pink, Butterfly Milkweed, Yarrow, Elderberry, Foxglove Beardtongue, Daisy Fleabane, Oxeye Daisy, Purple Flowering Raspberries, White Milkweed, New Jersey Tea, Southern […]

This time of year visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway can expect to see many of the common summer varieties of our beautiful blooming flowers. In Virginia, near Peaks of Otter, Blacked-eye Susan, Chicory, Columbine, Common Evening Primrose, Hedge Bindweed, Goat’s Beard, Smooth Hedge Nettle, Butterfly Milkweed, Canada Lilies, Flowering Spurge, Woodland Sunflower, Black Cohosh, […]

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for the second half of June 2014. Early summer is a great time for blooms here in the Blue Ridge, and remember that your elevation can make a great deal of difference in what you find blooming along the roadside or down your favorite trails. If you […]

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for early June 2014. After a late start to spring after a harsh winter, it finally feels like the season has arrived on the Parkway. Visitation has increased and the campgrounds and season visitor centers have reopened. The flowers are popping and the highest elevations have leafed […]