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When do wildflowers bloom in West Virginia?
Wildflowers usually bloom from April to August.
Checked Sep 30.
Each place's usual timing in West Virginia
In each source's own words: a usual peak where one is named, otherwise the place's season
- Stuart Memorial Drive: Spring ephemerals in the middle-elevation hardwoods
bloom in rapid succession from late March through early May
- Stuart Memorial Drive: Flame azalea in the low oak-hickory woods
in mid to late May
- Stuart Memorial Drive: Great laurel in the stream bottom
in June and July
- Each place's usual timing from its own source: a peak only where the source names one (not a forecast)
Places by state
West Virginia
- Stuart Memorial DriveStarts in ~6 months
Usually April and August
Official reports
Dated and linked
- Sep 30Park ServiceBloom sequence by elevation: spring ephemerals, flame azalea, mountain laurel, great laurel; road safety; directionsSource (opens USDA Forest Service, Celebrating Wildflowers: Stuart Memorial Drive in a new tab)
- Sep 30Park ServiceTower off Stuart Memorial Drive: open when roads are snow-free, daylight only, dogs on leash, no restrooms or waterSource (opens USDA Forest Service, Monongahela National Forest: Bickle Knob Observation Tower in a new tab)
How do you track wildflowers? Each place moves through 5 stages: Not yet, Early, Good, Peak and Fading. Every stage we show comes from a dated report with its source, and every forecast lists its sources.