Wildflowers of Labor Day

Some of the flowers we encountered at Lake Vesuvius over Labor Day weekend. I normally think of late August/early September as too late for flowers, but this weekend was one of the most spectacular we have ever seen outside spring.

YellowJewelweed
Yellow Jewelweed

Wingstem
Wingstem
TallBellflower
Tall Bellflower
SwampRoseMallow
Swamp Rose Mallow
Pencilflower
Pencilflower
GreatLobelia2
Great Lobelia
FloweringSpurge
Flowering Spurge
FalseFoxglove
False Foxglove
PartridgePea
Partridge Pea
Crownvetch
Crown Vetch
CommonDayflower
Common Dayflower
Cardinalflower
Cardinal Flower
BlueMistflower
Blue Mistflower

Bonus nature!

 

ChickenoftheWoods
Chicken of the Woods

 

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