#summer phlox

[vandaliatraveler]

Yet more gifts of Appalachian summer.

I've been on a mission to catalogue as many of Central Appalachia's summer wildflowers and berries as possible for an online project I'm starting up. Above is the haul from yesterday, including the stunning orange-fringed orchid (Platanthera ciliaris), a grand summer orchid of Appalachia's wet seeps and meadows. Downy rattlesnake plantain (Goodyera pubescens), another of our summer-blooming orchids, may not be quite as showy, but its intricately-patterned leaves are quite striking. Turk's-cap lily (Lilium superbum) is also in bloom in our local wet meadows and swamps. It's distinguished from its close cousin Canada lily by more strongly recurved petals and a green, star-like pattern in the center of its flowers. A single Turk's cap lily can produce dozens of flowers from its rangy stems. At home in moist woodland edges and streambanks, summer phlox (Phlox paniculata), sometimes also referred to as fall phlox and garden phlox, produces loads of gorgeous pink or white flowers from mid-July through September. Because this phlox is commonly planted in gardens nowadays, it's hard to know if plants in the wild are true natives or escapees.

[faguscarolinensis]

Phlox paniculata 'Peacock Cherry Red' / 'Peacock Cherry Red' Garden Phlox at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[uminuscula]

Landscape - Traditional Landscape Inspiration for a huge traditional partial sun side yard stone landscaping in summer.

[margocooper]

Флокс растопыренный " Блю Парфюм''. Phlox divaricata 'Blue Perfume'.

[andulkaphoto]

[indigrassy]

Just buzzing through

[samirafee]

#ARASCHNIA LEVANA (Summer form) - MAP BUTTERFLY - LANDKÄRTCHEN

@samirafee

[uxbridge]

Summer wildflowers on the woodland path

[metasattva]

Summer 4 seasons in the neighborhood, Japan

[eighteenbelow]

[vandaliatraveler]

Summer on the Deckers Creek Trail in Preston County.

From top: wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa), whose fragrant odor permeates the trail in late July; downy skullcap (Scutellaria incana), an adorable perennial mint that clumps gregariously with wild bergamot; buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis), easily identified by its pincushion-like flowers; Canada lily (Lilium canadense), which can be distinguished from the very similar Turk's-cap lily by petals that don't reflex past the flower's base; the elegant tall thimbleweed (Anemone virginiana), named after the thimble-shaped mound of pistils at the center of its flower; white meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), a lovely native spiraea that grows in damp meadows; and summer phlox (Phlox paniculata), also known as fall phlox, because it blooms prolifically from late July through September.

[faguscarolinensis]

Phlox paniculata / Garden Phlox at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[halljavalge]

Source: Maren Toom photo - valge leeklill ehk floks. White phlox.

ℍ𝐚𝓵ｌ נ𝐀 𝔳คĻǤẸ

[anskupics]

Phlox paniculata — garden phlox

[cozydaysathome]

[comfortkatsworld]