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Plants managing to live along the
seashore must find protection from
the constant bombardment of the
wind and salt spray. Some plants find
this protection by growing just
behind the dunes or in sheltered dune
pockets." During the summer months
some of these are in bloom and
add some vivid color to the gray and
green settings of the dunes.
Many summer flowers have yellow
or reddish-orange tiowers. The
may pop or passion flower is one exception
; its 2-3 inch diameter flower
is purpie with five petals and
elongated fringes at the center. The
small melon-shaped fruits are about
1-2 inches long. When crushed, the
fruits make a loud "pop!" Maypops
are found along ruads, fences and
behind dunes.
The phlox is an annual herb growing
up to about 12 inches tall. The
flowers can be white, pink or red and
have five petals. I/)ok for phlox along
road shoulders and in dunes back
from the oceans. Originally these
were a native of Texas and probably
escaped from cultivation before finding
our area ideal for their growth.
The prickly pear cactus, or Indian
fig, is a perennial succulent we find
growing low in the dune areas. Flat,
jointed "pads" have tiny leaves for a
brief time in the spring and yellow
t lowers about 2-3 inches in early summer.
Fruit is purplish-red and pear
shaped. Pads and fruit are covered
with many tiny spines for protection.
Fruit is edible if peeled or if the
spines are removed by rubbing with
a cloth or, as the Indians did, with a
liandful of grass.
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The Gaillardia or blanket flower is
probably our most colorful flower in
bloom on the beaches. This, too, was
a cultivated plant and escaped to
grow abundantly in the wild. Flowers
are about 1 inch in size and are red or
reddish orange, orange-brown, or
maroon tipped with orange. GaillarLETTER
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Enjoys Weekly
To the editor:
I want you to know how much I eninv
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"Willgolf." I save all his articles;
that is, if my wife doesn't toss the
paper out before I have taken my
clipping.
You should incorporate all his articles
into a book. I believe it would
sell. Perhaps the Beacon could offer
a supplement on golf teachings
sometime.
As a former golf coach (New
Jersey), I can well appreciate what a
job he must be doing with the kids. I
enjoyed coaching so much because
year after year you can see your
students mature and turn out so well
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dia are members of the aster family
and sometimes appear as solid
yellow or orange. Wild plants grow to
about 12 inches tall, but some
cultivated varieties grow much
taller. The plants are easily grown
from seed and multiples rapidly to
"blanket" an area.
Most of these flowers need hot, sunshiny
days and cool nights to do their
best and they seem to thrive in the
hot sun on our sandy dune soils. They
not only beautify our environment;
they help hold the dune sands in
place, furnish foods for insects and
birds, and help remind us of the rich
variety of life we find along the edge
of the sea.
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the good work.
Gene Bacquet
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