It's August in the Blue Ridge and that means fields full of Yarrow, Sunflower, Goldenrod, Black-eyed Susan, and Queen Anne's Lace along most roadsides throughout the Parkway. Turks-cap Lily and Butterfly Weed add a touch of orange in many areas.

It's August in the Blue Ridge and that means fields of Yarrow, Sunflowers, Goldenrod, Black-Eyed Susan, and Queen Anne's Lace along most roadsides throughout the Parkway.

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for the third week of July. According to some lovers of wildflowers, summer is the best season of all, and the meadows of blooms brighten the Parkway experience seemingly around every turn.

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for July the 18th. We think of spring for the time for wildflowers along the Blue Ridge, but for many folks, summer is the best season of all. Meadows of blooms brighten the Parkway experience around every turn.

We think of spring for the time for wildflowers along the Blue Ridge, but for many folks, summer is the best season of all. Meadows of blooms brighten the Parkway experience around every turn.

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower Report for the Independence Day weekend. Summer blooms are the highlight throughout the Parkway, with adjacent fields of Black-eyed Susan and Milkweed, Yarrow, Queen Anne's Lace, and Butterfly Weed in many, many roadside meadows.

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway spring wildflower report for the middle of June, 2008. Spring is a month of transition from spring blooms to a more summer look among the park wildflower population.

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway Wildflower report for June 2008. This is a month of transition from spring blooms to a more summer look among the park wildflower population.

For June the 13th, 2008 this is the Parkway wildflower report. Mountain Laurel is now in peak bloom throughout the northern section of the Parkway and Virginia, with Catawba Rhododendron still visible but quickly waning.

This is the Blue Ridge Parkway wildflower report for the first week of June 2008. Catawba Rhododendron and Mountain Laurel are in bloom throughout the northern end of the Parkway in Virginia from Rock Fish Gap down through the James River area.