A little over a year ago, I posted several photographs of Butterflyweed. I’d photographed it in Florida and at a local botanical garden. This past summer, I found some spectacular Butterflyweed growing at Crabtree Meadows along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina.
The butterflyweed (asclepias tuberosa) I found this year was much larger that the ones I found last year. There was a great deal of butterfly weed in the meadow I was photographing at in mid-July.
This first photo shows several stalks of butterflyweed growing together.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
A side view of one of the clusters of flowers. I love the shape of the butterflyweed flower.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
And finally two close up photos of a group of flowers. I’m still trying to decide which of these two compositions I prefer.
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
(c) 2009 Patty Hankins
The bright orange flowers of the butterflyweed always look so cheerful. I can’t wait to see more of it next summer.