Some summer standouts: Garden performance was tested this past season with a lengthy string of 'hot and dry' weather forecasts

摘要

Even though it was a very hot summer, most of the 2000 varieties performed very well and the heat-loving varieties provided a very rewarding show for visitors to the 12th annual Sawaya Gardens Container Trials. The umbrellas they brought were used tokeep the hot sun at bay ... rain was rarely in the forecast! There were a very few rainy nights, but fortunately most of the days were still sunny and hot. It is amazing how fast some plants recover, and how there was virtually no setback for them at all. However, others look like they went through the "heavy duty" cycle in a washing machine. These weaker varieties took five to seven days to recover, mainly from shattered flowers, and botrytis took care of the rest.