After a cool and foggy summer, I assumed my beloved hydrangeas had made it through the season unscathed.But a rogue heatwave clamped down on the South Coast last week; Monday morning the temperature was 80* in the shade, by mid-afternoon it had climbed to a scorching 107*.
Despite a thorough soaking just the day before, these blooms literally cooked on the stem.
Nothing to do now but cut them back, give them a heavy feeding of cottonseed meal mid- January, and pray for another long, cool spring next year.
However, "A Shropshire Lad" certainly enjoyed the last few days, along with "Flower Girl" and an unamed, heat loving aster.
2 comments:
I'm sorry to hear of your hydrangeas fate. It is so disappointing when one waits with great anticipation for a beloved plant to flower. Thankfully there is always next year.
My blogging has been terrible. I need to rouse myself and begin again. It has been a rough year and it's hard to blog when not in the spirit.
I hope you have a good fall. We are having an unusual fall with periods of rain interspersed with much warmer weather than usual.
Hello Kate,
I'm glad to hear you'll be blogging again - your photography in particular is outstanding.
I know, it's been more than a year since I last wrote about my garden - a very difficult year.
Chloe M.
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