Bloom Calendar

BLOOM SCHEDULE


	This bloom schedule is for the Blue Ridge Parkway, covering the area 50 miles in either dierection of Maggie Valley. The time frame references the usual dates a particular flower is in peak bloom. Just click on the season of your choice, and see what is in bloom at the time of your visit.


	SPRING


	Flower Variety


	Bloom Times


	Skunk Cabbage Feb-March


	Dandelian Feb-June

Dwarf Iris March-April

	Spring Beauty March-April

	Mayapple March-April

		Serviceberry-Sarvis March-May

		Siver-Bell Tree March-May

			Birdfoot Violet March-May

				Buttercups March-June

				Squirrel Corn April-May


	Tulip Poplar April-May


	Indian Paintbrush April-May


	Flower Variety


	SUMMER

		Bloom Times


	Phlox May-July


	Fly Poison May-July


	Bladder Campion May-Aug


	Queen Anne's Lace May-Sept


	Virginia Spiderwort Late May-July

	Mountain Laurel Late May-June

	Catawba Rhododendron June

	Viper's Bugloss June

		Sundrop June


	Tree of Heaven June, (Berries July-Oct)


	Goat's Beard June

		Butterfly Weed June-Aug


	Great Chickweed April-May


	Beard & Tongue June-July


	Solomon's Seal April-May


	American Elder June-July


	Fringed Phacelia April-May


	Fragrant Thimbleberry June-July


	Bloodroot April-May

		Princess Tree April-May

		Golden Groundsel April-May

		Pinxter Flower April-May

		Heal All April-frost

		Trillium April-May


		White Rhododendron June-July

		Sourwood June-July

	Mountain Ash June-July

	False Hellebore June-Aug

		Deptford Pink June-Aug

		Coreopsis June-Aug


	Fetterbush April-May


	Butter and Eggs June-Aug


	Redbud Late April-May

		Dutchman's Breeches April-June

		Foam Flower April-June

	False Solomom's Seal April-June

Black Locust April-June

Witch-Hobble-Hobblebush April-June

	Carolina Rhododendron Late April-June

Dogwood May

Large Flowered Trillium May


	Turkscap Lily June-Aug

		Mullein June-Sept

		Bull Thistle late June-frost

	Black Cohosh July

	Tall Meadow-Rue July

		Fleabane July

		Ox-Eye Daisy July

	Yarrow July

	Black-Eyed Susan July


	Fraser Magnolia May


	Milkweed July-Aug


	Bluets May-June


	Bergamot Beebalm July-Aug


		Field Hawkweed May-June

Wild Geranium May-June

	Hawthorne May-June


		Tall Coneflower July-Aug

		Oswego Tea July-Aug

	Starry Campion July-Sept


	Small's Groundsell May-June


	Bellflower July-Sept


		Bristly Locust May-June

		Pinkshell May-June

		Red Berried Elder May-June

		Flame Azalea May-June

		Fire Pink May-June

	Allegheny Blackberry May-June

	Staghorn Sumac May-June

		Bowman's Root May-June

		Bead Lily May-June


White Snakeroot July-Oct

	Jewel Weed Aug

Boneset Aug

Ironweed Aug

		Joe-Pye-Weed Aug

Pokeberry Aug

	Cardinal Flower Aug

		Virgins Bower Aug

	Blazing Star Aug-Sept


	New Jersey Tea May-June


	Angelica Aug-Sept


	Bittersweet May-June


	Nodding Lady Tresses Aug-frost


	Galax May-July


	Gentian late Aug-frost


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