These two posts of last weekend’s pictures are likely the last posts of the year. It’s been warm enough that a number of the season-spanning flowers are still chugging along, but anything remotely tied to any sort of seasonal clock has fully recognized the writing on the wall, and is gone by.
Weekly Wildflowers – Two Lights State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME Read More »
Locations:Marconi Beach, Cape Cod National Seashore, Wellfleet, MAFirst Encounter Beach, Eastham, MANauset Beach, Orleans, MA
Weekly Wildflowers – Cape Cod, MA Read More »
I normally would have managed a few more seaside flowers, but tropical storm Jose is currently churning out in the Atlantic just close enough that I saw the highest tide I’ve ever seen (with crazy surf), and the pebble beach I usually take a stroll on was pretty much entirely underwater. (The main beach
Weekly Wildflowers – Crescent Beach State Park, Cape Elizabeth, ME Read More »
From a weekend at a friend’s family’s beach house.
Weekly Wildflowers – Warwick, Rhode Island Read More »
Beach Rose Rosa rugosa Other names: rugosa rose, Japanese rose, Ramanas rose, beach tomato or sea tomato; saltspray rose, potato rose, Turkestan rose Family: Rosaceae Range: Native to northeastern China, Japan, Korea and southeastern Siberia. Native: Introduced Native Habitat: The coast, especially sand dunes. Bloom Time: May to July Notes: ‘Rugosa’ means wrinkled. The plant
