Hi Elin, Friend Glen in MI emailed that he has not had a drop of rain for two months, whereas counties to the N and S have had good rainfalls. Temps here have broken all in history. A terrible Spring and now a very bad start to summer. Being only a trough gardener insofar a rock plants are concerned, I once again am grateful to be most obsessed by the woodlanders. It is nice, though, to see several forms of delosperma, both in troughs and on a slope happily enjoying the sun and heat. While winter seems to do a little killing off here and there, it is so delightful to be able to pick up a loose piece and stick it in a trough where it will produce a bloom. I should try to find more...they're easy The sunny gardens and porch plants are suffering the worst as they simply cannot draw up enough water in the scalding heat of up to around one hundred at times. As well, the dreadful humidity gives me serious breathing difficulty so it is difficult to do all I want to do. This has held me back from taking off for Truro for the rest of the Summer and most of the Fall. Even though the ground seems damp much of the time from watering, the trees are showing how bad the situation is. Numerous aged maples, etc. droop, as well as the younger understory trees. Sad to see and praying for a good storm. Friend John Aipassa mentioned to me some weeks ago that his trillium plants' seed pods were bursting but the seed was not mature and he feared lack of germination. I have found, after several years of racing around just before leaving for the Cape and cracking open seed pods to find seeds ranging from white to tan, that most germinated very nicely beneath the mothers. So, as John Guyer seems to have demonstrated over the years, there is quite a bit of latitude in what will germinate...thankfully. I think all this heat is telling me that I should not plant any more plants in gardens, but I spent two hours yesterday mattocking a little new area as a friend sent me a variegated forsythia. I will use it to help hide trash cans, sink a bunch of daff bulbs dug up when planting the last plant sale treasures, etc. I just have to slow down! Cheerio, Marcia Brown Meigs Ithaca, NY USA In a message dated 7/1/2012 3:48:15 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Knoxville TN had the highest temperature ever measured here yesterday of 105 F, and I measured 107 F. on my back porch. We are in serious drought, and I'm being hard pressed to keep trees and shrubs alive, let alone anything else. Having whined, I'd like to commiserate with those with much more dire problems. I'd like to hear from Bob Nold and the folks at the Denver Botanical Gardens as to their situation. Are our Colorado friends okay? And I'm sure some of our members were affected by the awful storm in the DC area recently. I, too, had been wondering if we still had a viable group--missed hearing from everyone. Elin Johnson Sweetwater, TN In a message dated 6/28/2012 7:01:35 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: 100 degrees here, Air Quality Index reported as 139. -- Larry Wallace Cincinnati _______________________________________________ Alpine-Al mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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