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calendula, David Austin Roses, echinops ritro, hottest day of the year, in a vase on Monday, July, Lark Ascending, morning mist, sweet peas, Verbena bonariensis
Can any of us believe this heat, amazing, scorchio.
My vase today has roses: Lark Ascending and Morning Mist, both David Austin roses. These are the second flush of flowers.
An orange tone Zinnia not grown from seed by me but purchased as bedding plants.
Echinops ritro before it opens, calendula, sweet pea and verbena bonariensis.
Everything is struggling in this heat but with regular watering, essential to keep things fresh for my garden opening in a couple of weeks, flowers are managing to actually flower.
I am very late with this vase so if you are reading on Tuesday do still take a look at IAVOM Cathy
Stay cool.D.
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Your flowers are still looking very fresh, I see your weather is due to become even hotter, but still about 5 degrees cooler than here and at least the nighttime temperatures are lower giving the plants some relief. Fingers crossed it all still looks great for your opening.
Another 5 degrees is too much, how on earth do you manage Christina? It is incredible weather but I shall be very relieved to have finished the openings.
Last year it was almost 40 degrees for at least 6 weeks. I don’t manage!!!!
Goodness ! That is too much . Your garden always look fabulous which is especially amazing given those temperatures
Very careful choice of plants. I don’t irrigate most of the garden, just the vegetables and cut flower beds.
Beautiful colors for your arrangement. Good luck with your opening.
Thank you Marian and nice To hear from you.
What a challenging time to have a garden opening. Well done on keeping it going and your roses are lovely.
How lovely to be having such a fresh looking second flush of roses – the few of mine that are half-heartedly flowering are looking very washed out in the heat. I don’t think I have seen zinnias for sale at all but I suppose I haven’t really been looking – yours picks up the coral flush in the roses really well. And hurrah for echinops blooms – the bees will love their arrival. I wonder if you will reconsider your opening date next year (if you plan to repeat the experience, that is)? Next summer is highly unlikely to be a repeat of this one though.
I could pass on the roses, but that echinops is rad, and that sweet pea (In late July) is impressive!
Not impressive here as I think they only started flowering about 3 weeks ago
Roses, echinops or sweet peas?