{"id":72055,"date":"2020-07-21T05:11:57","date_gmt":"2020-07-21T11:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/?p=72055"},"modified":"2025-06-19T15:29:45","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T20:29:45","slug":"pink-wildflowers-showy-milkweed-buds-blooms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2020\/07\/21\/pink-wildflowers-showy-milkweed-buds-blooms\/","title":{"rendered":"Pink Wildflowers: Showy Milkweed Buds & Blooms"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ShowyShowy Milkweed flowers and buds – Nikon D500, f13, 1\/1000, ISO 500, -0.3 EV, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Once again I missed out on photographing Showy Milkweed at the lower elevations of northern Utah but I made up for it by photographing some of these spectacular pink wildflowers high in the Wasatch Mountains<\/span><\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n

I’d even go so far as to say that the image above has become my new favorite Showy Milkweed photo in my portfolio. The flowers have just started opening so they are fresh and vibrant and this milkweed still has some unopened flower buds.<\/p>\n

There is even a tiny, brown moth sitting on top of one of the flower buds.<\/p>\n

This was the first clump of Showy Milkweed I photographed yesterday in Summit County.<\/p>\n

\"ShowyShowy Milkweed flower buds – Nikon D500, f9, 1\/1000, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

I was also able to photograph a Showy Milkweed in Morgan County that had just the flowers buds at the top, not a single flower had opened yet on this flower stalk. I like the soft pinks and greens of this photo.<\/p>\n

\"ShowyShowy Milkweed blooming in Morgan County – Nikon D500, f9, 1\/1250, ISO 500, Nikkor 500mm VR with 1.4x TC, natural light<\/span><\/p>\n

This Showy Milkweed was attracting pollinators, a tiny bee had landed on the top pf one of the flowers.<\/p>\n

I didn’t see any butterflies on or near the Showy Milkweeds I photographed yesterday but I suspect that they will find these pink wildflowers soon.<\/p>\n

I also photographed birds yesterday including a Willow Flycatcher that flew in and landed so close that I could barely fit it into the frame. I’ll share the flycatcher photos later.<\/p>\n

Life is<\/em> good. Stay safe.<\/p>\n

Mia<\/p>\n

Click here<\/span><\/a> to see more of my flower, shrub and tree photos.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once again I missed out on photographing Showy Milkweed at the lower elevations of northern Utah but I made up for it by photographing some of these spectacular pink wildflowers high in the Wasatch Mountains yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":149055,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4594,1731,26,773,5347],"tags":[6570,6098,6557,7353,498,3940,6681,6518,6583,6571,6572,4069,4302,5064,1173,4307],"class_list":["post-72055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-morgan-county","category-summit-county-utah","category-utah","category-wasatch-mountains","category-wildflowers","tag-asclepias-speciosa","tag-blooming","tag-blooms","tag-blossoms","tag-buds","tag-canyon","tag-flower-buds","tag-flowering","tag-leaves","tag-milkweed","tag-milkweeds","tag-mountains","tag-native","tag-pink-wildflowers","tag-showy-milkweed","tag-wildflowers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/showy-milkweed-in-bloom-mia-mcpherson-6291.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p11Mom-iKb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59330,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2019\/08\/03\/blooming-showy-milkweed-in-the-wasatch-mountains\/","url_meta":{"origin":72055,"position":0},"title":"Blooming Showy Milkweed In The Wasatch Mountains","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"August 3, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"I missed out on photographing Showy Milkweed in bloom in the lower elevations of northern Utah but not at the higher elevations of the Wasatch Mountains.","rel":"","context":"In "Morgan County"","block_context":{"text":"Morgan County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/morgan-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Blooming Showy Milkweed and small butterflies, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/showy-milkweed-blooming-mia-mcpherson-6911.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/showy-milkweed-blooming-mia-mcpherson-6911.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/showy-milkweed-blooming-mia-mcpherson-6911.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/showy-milkweed-blooming-mia-mcpherson-6911.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":103972,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2022\/07\/08\/showy-milkweed-images\/","url_meta":{"origin":72055,"position":1},"title":"Showy Milkweed Images","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 8, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"I found some blooming Showy Milkweed in Morgan County high in the Wasatch Mountains two days ago and felt compelled to take images of these wonderful wildflowers.","rel":"","context":"In "Morgan County"","block_context":{"text":"Morgan County","link":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/category\/locations\/utah\/morgan-county\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Showy Milkweed bouquet, Wasatch Mountains, Morgan County, Utah","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/showy-milkweed-mountains-ant-mia-mcpherson-3735.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/showy-milkweed-mountains-ant-mia-mcpherson-3735.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/showy-milkweed-mountains-ant-mia-mcpherson-3735.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/showy-milkweed-mountains-ant-mia-mcpherson-3735.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":114793,"url":"https:\/\/www.onthewingphotography.com\/wings\/2023\/07\/28\/showy-milkweed-raindrops-and-my-mom\/","url_meta":{"origin":72055,"position":2},"title":"Showy Milkweed, Raindrops, And My Mom","author":"Mia McPherson","date":"July 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Yesterday I photographed these Showy Milkweed blooms in a summer rain. 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