South Carolina’s landscape dazzles in the spring with the effervescent colors of wildflowers. Take a walk on the wildflower side and enjoy the beauty and sweet fragrance of these plants that beckon from roadsides, fields and woodlands. Wildflowers take center stage at many South Carolina State Parks during the spring.
Rocky Shoals Spider Lily
Landsford Canal State Park is home to the world’s largest population of Rocky Shoals Spider Lilies. Celebrate the peak bloom of this rare wildflower at Lily Fest 2008. The festivity includes food, music and other park activities. A short walk down Canal Trail at Landsford Canal State Park takes you to an overlook where you will see the wonderland of spider lily beauty.
The Oconee Bell
The Oconee Bell, one of South Carolina’s earliest wildflowers, makes its debut in mid- March and usually shows off its blossom through early April. Colonies of the Oconee bells blooming in all its splendor can be seen along the Oconee Bell Trail at Devils Fork State Park, a gateway to the Jocassee Gorges.
The forested habitat of Table Rock State Park is accented with an array of woodland floral attractions. Come discover the wildflowers found in the mountains. The trilliums, bloodroot and foamflowers are picture perfect plants you’ll see at Jones Gap State Park.
Bring your camera when you ‘come out and play’ at South Carolina State Parks and take stunning images of our wildflowers or other interesting state park sites to submit in our 75th anniversary photo contest.