This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Bloom Report for late May 2010. This is of course the best overall month for wildflowers along the Parkway. Some are beautiful from your car windshield while others take some effort along trails or perhaps just a short walk from an overlook. Catawba Rhododendron is just beginning to show […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for May 7, 2010
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for the first week of May. May is the best overall month for wildflowers along the Parkway and as the days get longer and temperatures warm up the forest floor and tree tops are well on their way to their transition to bright green. Bloodroot is showy […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for May 4, 2010
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for early May 2010. As the days get longer and temperatures warm up the forest floor and tree tops are beginning that annual transition to bright green. Look for Spring Beauty and Mayapple, early arrivals of the spring, as you walk Parkway trails or look in the […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for April 16, 2010
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway spring wildflower report for mid-April. As the days get longer and temperatures warm up, the forest floor and tree tops began that annual transition to bright green. The major threat for winter weather is obviously behind us but there can still be spring snow storms that come our way. […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Fall Color Report for October 23, 2009
From the end of October through mid November expect to see just a little bit of remaining fall color only in the lower Parkway locations. The James River crossing in Virginia where the Parkway dips to about 650 feet in elevation is a good example of a place having late fall color. The Roanoke valley […]
