This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for July 24. Wildflower blooms don’t go away when spring is past us here in the Blue Ridge. For many visitors the mid-summer blooms are just as special. In Virginia, the staff around Rocky Knob and Mabry Mill are reporting some Rosebay Rhododendron, Day Lilies, Daisy Fleabane, […]

Here in the middle of July don’t think that wildflower blooms go away when spring is passed us. Here in the Blue Ridge for many visitors the mid-summer blooms are just as special. Rosebay Rhododendron is still blooming in some areas this weekend, like Mabry Mill in Virginia, along with Ladies Thumb and Day Lily, […]

This is the Parkway wildflower report for the second week of July 2009. Don’t think that because spring is past us that wildflower blooms are as well. For many visitors the mid-summer blooms are just as special. If you’re traveling around Mabry Mill in Virginia here is what you might find along the roadside or […]

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for Independence Day weekend. An abundance of rain in the region has continued through June and the result is full creeks and nice waterfalls tumbling down into the Piedmont along with a prolific wildflower bloom. From the northern end of the Parkway through the James River area, […]

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for late June 2009. An abundance of rain in the region here in the late spring has given us full creeks and nice waterfalls tumbling down to the Piedmont along with prolific wildflower blooms. Around Mabry Mill and Rocky Knob in Virginia there is Rosebay Rhododendron and […]