JANUARY

1, 2, 3, 4 - Carol DeCapua: Seas of blossoms and autumn sun at the Stratford Point Lighthouse.

 

FEBRUARY

1 - John Florian: A mound of purple salvia that the homeowner bought “probably 5 years ago. I’d admired it in a friend’s garden and she told me where she’d bought it.”

2 - Carol DeCapua: Red Blaze climbing rose on a private fence at the Lordship Bluffs.

3 – Shayna K. Moore: The backyard scene includes ougainvillea, hearty hibiscus and mini limelight hydrangeas.

4 – Kerstin Santa: Different types of peonies.

 

MARCH

1 - Charlie Lautier: Daffodils ring a tree.

2 - John Florian: A grid of daffodils marches to the Lordship Bluffs flagpole.

3 – Joanna Haddad: This photo of daffodils was taken on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2024 at about noon, from the bench at the top of the stairs, Maple/Laurel Street end of Russian Beach.

4 – Carol DeCapua: Daffodils on the Lordship Bluffs.

5 – John Florian: Daffodils at a picket fence.

 

APRIL

1 – Charlie Lautier: Tulips

2 – Janet Padgett: These pink flowers are called bleeding hearts – and you can see why!

3 – Rita Squarciafico: Weeping cherry tree in full bloom.

4 – Delores Proul: It’s angel trumpets in front of our home. I grow them from seed every year and I found they thrive here in Lordship. The flowers bloom at sunset and send out a wonderful puff of fragrance. They last all night and die down when the sun reaches them the next day.

5 – Carol DeCapua: Spring bouquet of ‘Dutch Master’ yellow daffodils, white and yellow jonquils, and purple spring phlox.

 

MAY

1 – Janet Lengel: Historic weeping cherry tree at Our Lady of Peace Church.

2 – Denise Demong: Japanese cherry blossoms (prunus serrulata Lindl) drop in the foreground of this view of Lordship town center.

3 – Denise Demong: Mother’s Day azaleas anchor this view of the gazebo at Ackley Memorial Park.

4 – Shayna K. Moore: Hydrangea and sage in the foreground, and potted orange begonias and sage.

5 – John Florian: Beach plum flowers thrive along a trail at the Lordship Bluffs.

 

JUNE

1 – Janet Padgett: Giant sunflower. That plant was probably 8 to 9 feet tall!

2 – John Florian: Vining mandevilla

3 – Charlie Lautier: Aster

4 – Janet Bennedict: Empress Josephine clematis.

 

JULY

1 – John Florian: A bee feasts on Seaside Goldenrod (solidago sempervirens) at Russian Beach.

2 – Carol DeCapua: Purple bearded iris on the Lordship Bluffs.

3 – John Florian: Captain Kidd’s Garden and Lordship Bluffs.

4 – Carol DeCapua: Bunny on the ‘Cottontail Trail’ at the Lordship Bluffs, with rosa rugosa above.

5 – Kathy Dunn: Yucca plant in full bloom on the edge of Russian Beach.

 

AUGUST

1 – Rita Squarciafico: A variety of different flowers. The biggest pot is hibiscus. Zinnias are along the border with red impatiens and some white mums and lilies. The ones against the side of the door are pink climbing hibiscus. The hanging flower pots are red impatiens and little orange petunias. The ones to the right of the picture are red small hibiscus.

2 – Shayna K. Moore: Potted hibiscus and lots more.

3 – Caroline Temple: This is a spring look at newly planted perennial flowerbeds to frame the swimming pool, including hostas, different types of hydrangeas, butterfly bushes to attract Monarch butterflies, roses, coneflowers, lilies, ornamental grasses and spirea. Annuals such as zinnia, cosmos and impatiens were added later for bursts of summer color. My inspiration comes from my mother, who had the most magnificent English garden, always full of color and scent!

4 - Patricia Lammers:

• Foreground pink daisies: Dendranthemum 'Cambodian Queen' (Perennial Mum)

• Foreground pink-flowering grasses: Muhlenbergia capillaris (Pink Muhly grass)

• Bottle brush flowering grasses: Pennisetum 'Hameln' (Dwarf Pennisetum)

• Rear yellow flowers: Solidago rugosa 'Fireworks' (Goldenrod)

5 – Kathy Dunn: Sun lights up a garden on Ocean Avenue.

 

SEPTEMBER

1, 3 – Karen Kochiss: Monarch butterflies feasting on veronica plants.

2 – Kathy Dunn: Monarch butterflies cling to branches at Long Beach, overlooking Lewis Gut.

4 – Carol DeCapua: Monarch butterfly lands on fountain grass at Russian Beach.

 

OCTOBER

1 – Carol DeCapua: An autumn bed of hickory leaves.

2 – Carol DeCapua: Autumn sunrise on turning leaves at the Lordship Bluffs.

3 – Kathy Dunn: Autumn sunset from Russian Beach, looking up at the flagpole on the Bluff.

4 – Pat Marqua: Red maple leaves in the sunlight. 

 

NOVEMBER

1 – Carol DeCapua: Autumn leaves on Short Beach.

2 – Nancy Marx: The photograph is of plants and leaves following an ice storm, taken along the road as it crosses the marsh.

3 – Pat Marqua: Red Virginia creeper vine amidst frost covered juniper bushes.

4 – Carol DeCapua: Frost on oak leaves.

 

DECEMBER

1 – Carol DeCapua: Rose hips with frost.

2 – Christine Griffin: Artificial Christmas tree at Russian Beach is decorated with channeled whelk, knobbed whelk, oyster shells, razor clam shells and more.

3 – Kathy Dunn: Berries coated with ice after an ice storm, on the path at the foot of the Bluff at Russian Beach.

4 – Carol DeCapua:  Wreaths for the holidays.

5 - John Florian: Garland on the gazebo at Greg Ackley Memorial Park.