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Exploring for Flowers

There is quite a variety of flowering plants in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Here is a list to highlight a few of the 1,600 species.

MARCH- Columbine • Hepatica Jack-in-the-Pulpit • Trout Lily Violets • Wild Plum

APRIL- Bleeding Heart • Meadow Rue Phlox • Solomon’s Seal • Trillium

MAY- Bluets • Flame Azalea • Mountain Laurel • Wild Geranium

JUNE- Butterfly Weed • Rhododendron • Daisy Flame • Azalea • Hydrangea Magnolia • Oxalis

JULY- Bergamot • Coreopsis • Partridge Berry • Queen Anne’s Lace • Rhododendron

AUGUST- Bee Balm • Evening Primrose • Joe Pye Weed • Turtlehead

SEPTEMBER- Boneset Fleabane • Lobelias • Sunflowers •Yarrow