The first Lady in Red salvia has bloomed. It may be 100 degrees hot, but the summer bloomers love it. Don’t see how the kale are holding out…they are in part-to-full shade, but I expected them to wilt by now.
Month: June 2011
Too hot for this JM
I discovered my Asahi zuru in dire straits–walked out on the porch yesterday and noticed that most of its leaves were curled and drying. I questioned the waterboy–who swore he had been giving the japanese maple plenty of water. Then he later recanted, stating that maybe he missed it after all. So, basically, the poor tree has been struggling through the past few 100 degree days…can it be rescued?
Despite several gallons of water to saturate the soil, I believe more than 75% of the foliage will be lost. I am just waiting to see when they will be dropping off. I hate to write off this JM even though it lost most of its variegation last year and probably won’t get it back. It’s still a Japanese maple and pretty in that JM way.
Ants and vinca
One of my Titan vinca seedlings–still planter box squatting–bloomed this morning: a pale pink with rosy center. But where are all these blasted black ants coming from? They seem to favor the vinca and are chewing tiny holes into them–all of them! I’m readying the spreader to drop the insect-killer on them!
Herbs and blooms June
The newest salvia greggii in the salvia bed has bloomed finally. Also, I’ve noted that the confetti lantanas and Purple Star verbenas in the front bed are enjoying their new home. The recent Hot Lips salvia addition keeps growing and growing…soon it will sprawl like the other Hot Lips in this bed. The dahlberg daisies are irrepressible, non-stop bloomers. As is the Thai basil, shortly before I gave it a haircut.
Seeing red
After my brief rant this weekend about not buying mixed-color packets of seeds, I espied this red Easy Wave in my petunia planter bowl on my way to work this morning. I’m so very pleased to see it, but now it makes me want to grow even more petunias. It will hit 100 degrees today but these petunias seem to do quite well in the planters, as long as they get a drink every day.
