Scene Along the Road: Red, White & Blue

Yesterday we took a drive through the Payette National Forest in Idaho. We Dreamers noticed a variety of wildflowers and Mr. Dreamy was good enough to stop along the way, here and there, to let me take pictures. Sadly, I only had my cell phone... but I think you can imagine the beauty we were allowed to behold! It seemed that the roadside was decorated for our American Independence Day celebration with beautiful shows of red, white and blue!

Scarlet paintbrush

Castilleja miniata

Trapper's Tea

Rhododendron neoglandulosum

Silky lupine

Lupinus sericeus

Scarlet Gilla 

Ipomopsis aggregata

Mountain Bluebell

Mertensia ciliata

Trapper's Tea (white flower)

Rhododendron neoglandulosum

Western snakeroot (red flower)

Ageratina occidentalis

Dark blue penstemon

Penstemon cyaneus

Aster family

Western snakeroot

Ageratina occidentalis

Bear grass

Xerophyllum tenax

Floral fireworks!

Happy Birthday, America!

I have provided my 'best guess' for the names of the wildflowers we found along our drive based on the location of the flower and the descriptions and images provided by the Idaho Mountain Wildflowers Web site.