The mountains have a variety of slopes and conditions, including pockets of specialized habitats. You can enjoy North Carolina wildflowers almost anytime of the year.
Some flowers bloom all year, but spring is when the blossoming is at its peak. Wildflower lovers flock to our state in numbers similar to those who visit the area for fall foliage.
Anemone, bishop's cap, bloodroot, chickweed, early meadow rue, hepatica, spring beauty, toothwort, wake-robin and violets appear in early April.
By mid-April, you'll find bleeding hearts, white trillium, Dutchman's breeches, flowering dogwood, wild geranium, fringed polygala, crested dwarf iris, May apple, Solomon's seal and trout lily, all of which appear on the park's Blooming Report.
By May, yellow star grass, columbine, showy orchids, fire pinks, yellow lady's slipper and woodland bluets have appeared. In June and July, flame azaleas and Catawba rhododendron bloom, and there are berries throughout the park. In August and September, the flowers include asters, goldenrods, sunflowers, Turk's cap lily, ironweed, cardinal flower, jewelweed and turtlehead.
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Iris: April 10-May 15
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Golden Groundsel: April 21-May 15 |
Dogwood: May 1-May 15
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Snow Trillium: May 2-May 12 |
Pink Azalea: May 2-May 21
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Field Hawkweed: May 1-June 7 |
Flame Azalea: May 5-June 15
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Fraser Magnolia: May 5-May 15 |
Small’s Groundsel: May 7-June 10
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Fire Pine: May 10-June 7 |
Bowman’s Root: May 21-June 15
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Allegheny Blackberry: May 21-June 15 |
New Jersey Tea: May 21-June 15
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Mountain Laurel: June 1-June 14 |
Catawba Rhododendron: June 1-June 20
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Viper’s Bugloss: June 1-June 30 |
Beard-tongue: June 1-July 5
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Sundrop: June 1-July 5 |
Columbine: June 15-July 5
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Goat’s Beard: June 7-June 21 |
American Elder: June 10-July 5
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Coreopsis: June 15-August 5 |
Fragrant Thimbleberry: June 21-July 30
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White Rhododendron: June 25-July 14 |
Sourwood: June 25-July 15
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Beebalm: July 1-August 15 |
Cohost Bugbane: July 10-July 30 | Tall Coneflower: July 10-August 10 |
Tall Meadow-Rue: July 19-July 21
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Oswego Tea: July 10-August 5 |
Boneset: August 1-August 21
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Snapweed: August 1-August 21 |
Joe-Pye-Weed: August 1-August 28
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Ironweed: August 1-August 28 |
Gay Leech: August 1-August 21
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Pokeberry: August 1-August 30 |
Clematis: August 10-August 21
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Cardinal Flower: August 10-August 28 |
Sneezeweed: August 21-September 25
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White Wood Aster: August 21-September 25 |
Wrinkled Goldenrod: September 1-September 21
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Field Goldenrod: September 1-September 25 |
Canada Goldenrod: September 5-September 30
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Swamp Aster: September 1-September 21 |
Heath Aster: September 10-October 5
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Wave Aster: September 5-September 30 |
Aromatic Cudweed: September 15-October 5
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