For a few weeks most summers Shenandoah National Park is a painter's palette of yellow, purple, white, red and orange wildflowers.
Trips: Shenandoah Summer Wildflowers 2019

Turks in the Sky
Turks Cap and an Empty Sky

Wildflower Display
Helianthus and Asters

Skyline Drive WIldlflowers
Shenandoah's Wild side: meadows and roadsides of yellow helianthus, solidago and rudbeckia, purple asters and monarda, white leucanthemum, orange turks cap, red columbine, purple allium, pink milkweed and more.

Butterfly on Turks Cap
Yellow Tiger Swallowtail on Turks Cap

Summer Sunset on a Flower Filled Overlook
Sunset on White Callico Asters

Helianthus
Helianthus Display

Summer Wildlflowers
Wildflower Feast

A Florist's Display
Wildflowers at the Forest's Edge

A Wilflower Drive
Shenandoah's wildflowers line long stretches of Skyline Drive and bank the edges of her nearby forests. Here, yellow helianthus and white callico asters, much of it nearly 5 feet tall, creates a stunning "in your face" late summer experience.

As Sweet Smelling
Sweet Nectar

A Carpet of Wildflowers
When conditions are right, Shenandoah can boast some of the best summer wildflower displays on the east coast.

Tiger on Thistle
With great wildflowers comes great butterflies! Here, a male yellow tiger swallowtail is attracted to the nectary of a common thistle. For those wondering,the female has a line of blue scales on the upper side of the hindwings!

Swallowtail on Milkweed
A black female swallowtail perches atop a large milkweed bloom, one of its favorite sources of nectar.

TIgers in the Sky
Yellow Tiger Swallowtails feast on blooming thistle.

Turks Cap Clump
A clumb of Turks Cap blooms in late July along a trail in Shenandoah National Park.

Turks Cap Perspective
Gentle Turks Cap

Orange and Blue
Turk's Cap - one of the special wildflowers located throughout Shenandoah NP. Often growing 4-5 feet, this neat flower sports bright red-orange, pendant, hibiscus-like flowers that seem to never fully open, creating the appearance - if you look closely - of a Turkish turban!

In Search of Nectar
A black female swallowtail sips the sweet nectar of Turks Cap.

Bouquet
A Helianthus Bouquet

On Top of a Thistle Widlflower
Common Thistle