Summer is a great time for blooms here in the Blue Ridge and remember that your elevation change can make a great deal of difference in what you find blooming along the roadsides or maybe down your favorite trail. If you think you’ve missed a favorite bloom at a favorite spot, head up the mountain […]

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 […]

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 […]

Here in mid September the fall color is perhaps a month away from peak but some of the fall foliage will begin to show over the next week or two especially at higher elevations. September may not seem like a time for wildflowers but the meadow blooms are, to many visitors, among the best of […]

It’s early September and the time of year when lots of folks are thinking about that one last day or weekend before school begins. Naturally many of them come to the Parkway where cooler temperatures and late summer blooms in the meadows are their reward.Here’s the latest of things to look for in virtually every […]