Blue Ridge Summer Wildflowers
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
A European introduction to the Blue Ridge Mountains that grows 2-6 ft. tall and can be found in pastures, fields, and along roadsides…It’s a beautiful plant!
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Bachelor’s Button (Centaurea cyanus)
This is not the cultivar that you may have in your garden but the wildflower that it was derived from. It grows 1-3 ft. tall in fields and along roadsides in the Blue Ridge Mountains…It can be found in blue to purple, pink or white.
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Flowering Spurge (Euhorbia corollata)
Blooms June-October in the Blue Ridge Mountains and grows 1-3 ft. tall along roadsides, fields, and open woods. In the same family of plants as the poinsettia.
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Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata)
Blooms in June and July, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, growing 1-3 ft. tall and can be found along roadsides, fields, and open woods.
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Three-leaved Rosinweed (Silphium trifoliatum)
This wildflower grows 4-10 ft. tall and blooms July-September in the open woods and fields in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
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Low Bindweed (Convolvulus spithamacus)
A look at the profile of the Low Bindweed which grows from 3” to 1 ½ ft. tall along roadsides and fields in the Blue Ridge.
© 2007 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given to me, D L Ennis. Link to be used...(Visual Thoughts http://dlennis.wordpress.com/)
NOTE: Permissions for commercial use, and the creation of prints, must be purchased! For more information you can contact me here.
A European introduction to the Blue Ridge Mountains that grows 2-6 ft. tall and can be found in pastures, fields, and along roadsides…It’s a beautiful plant!
© 2007 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
Bachelor’s Button (Centaurea cyanus)
This is not the cultivar that you may have in your garden but the wildflower that it was derived from. It grows 1-3 ft. tall in fields and along roadsides in the Blue Ridge Mountains…It can be found in blue to purple, pink or white.
© 2007 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
Flowering Spurge (Euhorbia corollata)
Blooms June-October in the Blue Ridge Mountains and grows 1-3 ft. tall along roadsides, fields, and open woods. In the same family of plants as the poinsettia.
© 2007 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
Tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata)
Blooms in June and July, in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, growing 1-3 ft. tall and can be found along roadsides, fields, and open woods.
© 2007 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
Three-leaved Rosinweed (Silphium trifoliatum)
This wildflower grows 4-10 ft. tall and blooms July-September in the open woods and fields in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia.
© 2007 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
Low Bindweed (Convolvulus spithamacus)
A look at the profile of the Low Bindweed which grows from 3” to 1 ½ ft. tall along roadsides and fields in the Blue Ridge.
© 2007 D L Ennis, All rights reserved.
NOTE: Permission for the use of my images is granted for personal websites and blogs but is to include a link back to this site and proper credit given to me, D L Ennis. Link to be used...(Visual Thoughts http://dlennis.wordpress.com/)
NOTE: Permissions for commercial use, and the creation of prints, must be purchased! For more information you can contact me here.
Labels: Blue Ridge Mountains, D L Ennis, Images, nature, Photography, Photos, wildflowers
posted by D L Ennis @ 8:55 AM
2 Comments:
At Wednesday, 08 August, 2007,
Moksha Gren said…
As a plant, I love the spiky Bull Thistle. But as a picture, I love the Tickseed. Unpelasant name...but the depth of field, color contrast and balance really make for a nice image. Thanks for sharing them all
At Wednesday, 08 August, 2007,
D L Ennis said…
Hi Moksha! Thank you very much for your visit and comment!
D L
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