While I was out in the garden looking at the butterfly weed, I came across this wildflower that we transplanted from the woods into our perennial bed. 

 

Fire-pinks are in the same family as the familiar carnation.  They grow on banks, cliffs, rocky hillsides up to 5000 feet.  The stems are only 1 - 2 feet tall, but the fiery crimson blossoms make fire-pinks quite noticeable.  We see them along the roadways, when traveling about 25 mph.  

 

I hope you see some, and they make you smile.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!