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Despite the heat...
Aug 24, 2007 | 2:47 PM PST
Tags: heat , drought , fall , elijah blue fescue , strawberry , harvest , zebra grass , brussel sprouts , autumn joy , sedum

Despite the heat, some things continue to do great and more happens in the garden each day! I spent some time watering and weeding this afternoon as the weather dropped from 108 to 96.

The angels trumpet has started to bloom and I look forward to nights through the fall when it will be loaded with blooms!

The Zebra grass has all its plumes now and they are so pretty in the wind:

All of the autumn joy sedums have their buds:

Makes me yearn for fall even more :)

We continue to have good harvests! Guess the veggies like all this heat!

I have had some casualties due to this heat wave and drought:

I have lost:

• 3 Elijah Blue Fescues (the new ones :(
• The strawberry plants may not make it
• the brussel sprouts got the worms...they just dont like this heat
• Even my vinca is crisping up and what was once a nice, dense groundcover...looks pathetic!
• My blue juniper is suffering

But, fall is just around the corner!