Watering continues, a few times a week, but it’s not enough. It’s never enough. Serious thought now has to be given to a complete garden overhaul next spring, doing away with plants that cannot sustain themselves in summers like this year’s and bringing in others that manage to survive or even thrive. More Sedums and fewer Baptisias, Daisies and Daylilies. Stick to Angelonia and Zinnia for annual color and maybe Calibrachoa.
Joe-Pye Weed has always been a splendid part of my garden; this year, it is short and turning brown before it even has a chance to bloom.
The Butterfly Weed and Mexican Petunia are in distress. The Basil (in front, left of center) has given up and even the Lamb's Ear is not happy in this heat. The only thriving plant in this picture is a Switchgrass.
This Sage (center) is one of my favorite plants and I wonder if I'll see it again next year. Flanking Sedums are doing fine (although the one on the left had something, perhaps a rabbit, jump right in its center and does not look all that attractive any more) and the Gaura, no longer in bloom, tries to stay alive horizontally.
We need rain. And cooler temperatures.
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The heat has been brutal down here too. We got some rain this morning, but like you said it never seems to be enough during these summer months.
Thanks for commenting, Kris. It's been cloudy all afternoon, but still no rain . . .
My garden is looking sad, too. But next month when it cools and it rains again the flowers will look better.
We have been watering, too.
Looks like my garden the previous summer, the sun was just so strong and everything just wilted....I try to ignore everything during the day (it distresses me too much and all I want to do is water them and I know in the heat it is the wrong thing to do) I have learnt to water well early in the morning, under the mulch and depending on the plants to have the mulch very wet to help them to get through the day
Thanks for your comments, Renee and Katrina.
Very nice garden. Great blog too. Thanks
very nice blog
Hi i know this is late in coming but just thought if your mulch could be your problem. Pine needles will kill most plants that are not acid loving in nature. Jim
it is very fine!looking good.your blog is very fine.
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