A field of lupine attracts a photographer on the north side of Twentymile River along the Seward Highway on June 16. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
A sun-drenched early summer has been kind to the flowers that grow in the Chugach Mountains, along Turnagain Arm and in the city of Anchorage. Alaska Dispatch News photographers stopped to smell the wild roses, lupine, columbine and other flowers this week and share the view here.
Labrador tea blooms in the sunshine off the Albert Loop Trail at the Eagle River Nature Center on June 15. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)
Evening light catches a red columbine flower on the trail to The Dome in the Chugach Mountains on June 15. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
Daisies line the Alyeska Highway in Girdwood on June 16. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
Fireweed blooms on the bank of Eagle River on June 15. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)
Forget-me-not flowers grow together along the Alyeska Highway in Girdwood on June 16. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
Cotton grass is abundant in a marshy area south of the Seward Highway and Portage Glacier Road on June 11. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
An insect pokes its head over the edge of a wild rose blossom along the Rodak Nature Trail at the Eagle River Nature Center on June 15. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)
Orange hawkweed grows in Girdwood on June 16. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
Cotton grass grows along the trail to Little O’Malley Ridge in Chugach State Park on June 9. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
A wild rose grows in the woods along the Tony Knowles Coastal Trail on June 12. (Marc Lester / Alaska Dispatch News)
Wild geranium blooms in a spot of sunshine along the trail at the Eagle River Nature Center on June 15. (Bob Hallinen / Alaska Dispatch News)
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