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 perhaps down your favorite Parkway trail. In Virginia through the Peaks of Otter area and across the high elevation of Apple […]

Here in early summer the Parkway is alive with color and the much anticipated bloom of Catawba Rhododendron is on display in many areas. On the very north end of the Parkway between Rockfish Gap and Humpback Rocks there are tremendous displays of Mountain Laurel that line the roadway in many areas. Elsewhere in Virginia […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]