Six on Saturday – 06AUG2022 -Hot and Humid

It’s not that the garden doesn’t love heat, it’s that the garden doesn’t love heat when not accompanied by the occasional rainfall. It’s not that I don’t love heat, it’s that I don’t love heat when accompanied by high humidity. So neither the garden nor the gardener are terribly thrilled with the current weather pattern. I know I’m not alone though, and I know it’s one of those so-called ‘first world problems’ so I definitely should not be complaining. Especially since I saw a headline yesterday that predicted a colder and snowier winter is not too far off!

So here’s Six on Saturday, a meme hosted by The Propagator, with six photos of my blooming garden.

Rose of Sharon – Hibiscus syriacus.

Prairie or Gray Head Coneflower – Ratibida pinnata

Liatris. To my eye, they look terribly out of focus. But if you click on the photo to enlarge it they appear a bit sharper.

Ironweed – Vernonia

Dahlia ‘Ferncliff Spice.’ One of six Dahlias in the garden – it’s been so dry the others are barely a foot or two high, with nary a flower bud to be seen…

I know…it’s barely August, the Goldenrod should definitely NOT be blooming yet. But there it is…