What's Blooming Now?

The answer to that question is "plenty of wildflowers" and we have rounded up photos of some of them so you can get a glimpse into just how beautiful a spring hike can be! Chimney Rock at Chimney Rock State Park is home to dozens of varieties of flowering plants, from tiny blossoms along the footpath to magnificent trees in full bloom. Spring is truly the season when Mother Nature struts her stuff at Chimney Rock! Just take a look at some of these lovely flowers:

Carolina Rhododendron Rhododendron Minus       False Solomon's Seal Smilacena Racemosa

Flowering Dogwood Cornus Florida                        "Little Sweet Betsy" Trillium Trillium Cuneatum

Purple Phacelia Phacelia Bipinnatifida                     Star (also Great) Chickweed Stellaria Pubera

Sweetshrub (Carolina Allspice) Calycanthus Floridus