Native plants keep the dunes healthy
Bay bean (Canavalia rosea), a vine that trails along beach dunes and coastal sand,
blooms most of the summer and sporadically the rest of the year.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley
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Soldierwood has blooms and fruit that attach on the main stem.
A recently hatched Atala butterfly shown larger than life.
The white bloom of the scorpion tail lives up to its name.
Jeff Nurge prefers to hand-water his plants to make them better trans
