Early summer is a great time for blooms here in the Blue Ridge. Remember that your elevation change can make a great deal of difference in what you find blooming along the roadside or down your favorite trail. If you think you’ve missed your favorite bloom at a favorite spot, just head up the mountain […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for June 7, 2011
This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for early June, 2011. Don’t think that just because spring is unofficially over and summer has arrived that there are any less wildflowers to enjoy on the Parkway. Nothing could be further from the truth. Flame and Pink Azalea are in abundance in many areas of the […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Color Report for October 26, 2010
It’s the third week of October and that always means the fall foliage display is here in the mountains. Cool nights and crisp days have caused colors to change rapidly over the past week or so. Specific reports of fall color from various parts of the Parkway include the following: in Virginia the Peaks of […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Color Report for October 14, 2010
Well, October has arrived. We know it by the very cool nights and a few of the crisp days that define the months along the Blue Ridge. We also know it is October because the color we’re famous for is beginning to show especially in the higher elevations. Fall is still a time for wildflower […]
Blue Ridge Parkway Color Report for October 1, 2010
October has arrived and we know it by those very cool nights and a few of those crisp days that define this month along the Blue Ridge. Of course we also know it’s October because the color that we’re famous for is beginning to show especially in the higher elevations. Fall is still a month […]
