Re: Hot Weather/Gardening style
Hi Lynn
I hope you are right about it being a good year for the garden. I'm a little
concerned about my plants and also the veggie garden. For weeks now it has
been really warm in the daytime and then would drop 20 to 30 degrees at night
and it seems to have hindered the growth of the plants. seems like some of
them are just sitting there doing nothing but taking up space. I hope, since
the night temps have warmed up somewhat, that I will see a change..........
My irises are just about finished for this season. they have been so pretty,
and I have already moved some of them, to coordinate colors. I have a black
(or deep,deep purple) and have moved in a yellow, pink, and light blue in the
same bed..
I have several differant colors, but some of them did not bloom this year. I
guess because I transplanted a lot of them last year and then added several
inches of mulch in the fall.
I do love the iris also the siberian iris.
like you I have transplanted mums and am trying to root some of the cuttings.
Donna in NE Mississippi zone 7
Lynn Lamb wrote:
> Hi,
> It is approaching 90 every day for the last week here in the piedmont of
> North Carolina. This is my third year gardening and I have changed things
> around alot in my beds. I've moved things and planted at the right and the
> wrong times of year and so far have not lost anything. I did move the mum
> yesterday morning very early when it was still cool. I got about 6 plants
> out of the clump. I cut back by 1/2 the one I put back in the ground.
> Spring started in late February here, too. I have buds on salvia,
> daisies, coneflower/flowers on verbena, scabiosa and others. Everything
> looks lush and this may be my best year yet in the garden. I know what my
> favorite plants are now and have tried to develop a complimentary color
> scheme in my beds.
> My most fun thing this year has been the irises. Last summer I planted
> a whole ton of historic and reblooming irises and it has been a surprise
> every day to see what the blooms look like. I have had irises blooming for
> almost 3 months now non-stop! I have a black one blooming now that is
> unique, BEFORE THE STORM. I am already going to have to re-do that bed in
> about a month since I planted them too close to start with. But, the
> hottest time of the summer is iris planting time, so I should be on schedule
> with that project.
>
> Lynn
>
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