[Bon of Babble]

We were hit with a massive heat wave this week - it was over 100 degrees yesterday - and in the 90's before that. My spring plants and roses don't like it at all. One of my neighbors came over to take photos of my roses before "they all burned up." Cooler weather is on the way but the damage has been done.

Native plants always do best in our sometimes harsh conditions:

Penstemon:

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Straw flowers can take the heat:

Lemons are exploding, these are very sour:

Starry Night Petunias:

And a volunteer honeysuckle that is trying to take over my front porch - for 30 years. I let it bloom then hack it back. Smells heavenly even though it is a pest.

Happy Spring Gardening to all!

[Albion Wilde]

Penstemon: (can't get the image to flip correctly)

Is this right way up?

Gorgeous! Do they have fragrance?

[tubebender]

GREAT PHOTOS!!!! Thanks Much...