It's a great time to visit the Parkway and escape the heat of lower elevations. Certain species of wildflowers are quite showy this time of year.

The agricultural fields of the Parkway are filled with common varieties of Daisy and Yarrow. Rosebay Rhododendron is nicely in bloom.

Visitors to the Blue Ridge Parkway are in for a great wildflower show in mid-June.

Craggy Gardens area is at peak wildflower display this week.

Blooms are on spectacular display all along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

It continues to be a warm spring in many parts of the country including here along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Early arrivals of some wildflower species are indicative of the abnormally warm weather along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

The warm spring has brought out many wildflowers ahead of schedule along the Blue Ridge.

With unseasonably warm weather many blooms are ahead of schedule all along the Blue Ridge Parkway.

It is mid-October and true to form the Parkway has peak color in many areas. It has come on very fast in the last week or so.