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Roadside Attractions: North Escambia’s Colorful Fall Flowers
October 17, 2021
Looking for a little fall color? The roadsides throughout North Escambia are covered with lots of fall wildflowers.
From goldenrods to black-eyed Susans, there’s color everywhere.
If you want to take a North Escambia fall wildflower tour, grab the allergy pills and camera, get off Highway 29, and hit the less-traveled side roads.
The photos on this page were taken on McBride Road near Byrneville.
NorthEscambia.com photos, click to enlarge.
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11 Responses to “Roadside Attractions: North Escambia’s Colorful Fall Flowers”
Alison you should drive down Highway 4 through Blackwater Management Area. There are portions of the highway that are actually wildflower preservation sites.
“Is there a particular area anyone would suggest to see the flowers?”
Most anywhere. Get off the major roads like Highway 29 and Highway 97, and choose smaller county roads. Less mowing of the right of way and fewer people mowing property.
If anyone is still gardening in the fall……the blue mist flower attracts bees like crazy. It’s a good flower to have around a garden although it spreads really fast.
Is there a particular area anyone would suggest to see the flowers? I live in the southern part of the county but would like to take my daughter to see these flowers. Just a general area to drive through would be helpful. Thank you.
Now let’s talk our county, state, and local officials into managing for this bloom. Ask them to plan mowing so they will show better and be careful with herbicide or stop using it all together.
Every year about this time, it think about letting my yard “go wild” after seeing all the beautiful flowers/weeds in the ditches…
The purplish-blue one in the photo is blue mistflower. There’s a lot of nice stuff in bloom right now – fall is definitely a great time to get out and enjoy our local beauty!
I had a species of goldenrod come up in our garden this year. I don’t think it’s the more aggressive growing Canada Goldenrod. It’s something more upright and just very lovely. There were so many native bees and wasps that visited it and it was quite a lot of fun standing there watching the activity. Goldenrod was once thought to be responsible for allergies but it’s ragweed that was the true culprit. I think we’re starting to see more cultivated goldenrod available for gardens such as ‘Fireworks’. Still I was quite pleased with the volunteer species that came up.
Goldenrod is one of the most important plants this time of year for native pollinators. A lot of people have probably heard about how there’s bees in decline and one of the first images they may think of is the honeybee. The honeybee is wonderful for honey and important for agriculture but there’s also 4,000 native species of bees in North America. Many native species of bees are seeing declines including some of the adorable bumble bees. A way that people can help these native species is to provide native wildflowers with ones that bloom during different times of the years. The Xerces website is a great resource for learning more about providing habitat for those interested.
Thank you for reminding us that even in these troubled times we are blessed with nature’s beauty.
I love black-eyed Susans. They may be considered a weed to some, but I wouldn’t mind my yard being full of them.
Been noticing them on the sides of roads in our community and also on our afternoon/evening walks. Just beautiful. So glad that others appreciate God’s creation!