This is golden ragwort, which, along with phlox, lines nearly every inch of Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway this time of year. For nearly 500 miles the road was an endless symphony of yellow and purple on either side of me.


This is golden ragwort, which, along with phlox, lines nearly every inch of Skyline Drive and the Blue Ridge Parkway this time of year. For nearly 500 miles the road was an endless symphony of yellow and purple on either side of me.