Wow, what a heat wave we have had. I've talked with fellow gardeners, and we are all seeing our plants suffer. If we dig down a couple of inches, the ground is still moist, but everything that has shallow roots has been hurt by five straight days of temperatures at 100. Even my daylilies have yellow leaves.
The water level in our fish pond has dropped about 4" in a week. Oh, the water hyacinths have indeed multiplied. Have they ever! I'll probably be advertising them for sale on craigslist very soon.
My butterfly bushes are now blooming. The seem to like the heat, as do my cosmos. Zinnias are close to blooming, and my sunflowers are healthy. Blackeyed Susans, coneflowers and salvia are also beginning to bloom. Obedient plants and four o'clocks seem to be doing well, but neither are blooming yet. Two of my rose of sharon bushes are now blooming.
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I agree..the heat is not only hurting the plants but my kids playtime aswell. It was actually dangerouse to out there this past weekend & I think a newly planted Weigela bush out front is gonna need some TLC. I can see its leaves are wilting.
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