Jim Fowler's photos

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Late September brings a brief flush of fall wildflowers to the Southern Appalachian Mountains. These wildflower images are split between two separate trips a week apart being taken along the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. Blue and White is the theme here, comprised mostly of Gentians and Ladies'-tresses orchids , as well as a few other species thrown in for good measure. To check out the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Spent a long day in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, NC and then on up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Late Summer and Fall usher in a host of colorful wildflowers, some of which (for this southern boy) are more often found much farther north. That's the very thing I like about the high elevations of the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. That, plus the cooler mountain weather. To get the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .

Spent a long day in the Pisgah National Forest near Brevard, NC and then on up to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Late Summer and Fall usher in a host of colorful wildflowers, some of which (for this southern boy) are more often found much farther north. That's the very thing I like about the high elevations of the Blue Ridge Parkway in western North Carolina. That, plus the cooler mountain weather. To get the full trip report, please go to Jim's Blog .