HEATWAVE..
The heatwave( 40 deg celsius) was almost about to take its toll on
the garden.. i think i arrived at just “The Moment”.. One more day
and it was gone!! it was hot enough outside to bake me so sitting
inside waiting for the sun to go away i could do nothing but feelbad
bad and bad for my poor plants!! The beautiful verbenas had all
withered and i had to stash out one casuality with a heavy heart!!
The only happy ones were the weeds which were growing and
glowing away to glory and capture the whole pots!! not tht i really
hate them frm the heart as they are also plants and i can never
ever hate plants but why can’t they just keep to their area is what i
don’t understand.. why do they have to be soooo selfish??
And as if the heat was not enough, the mealy bugs are doing their
share too.. painting my sunflowers zinnias and verbenas in white,
the creepy li’l creatures are not at all affected by heat and just
continue to thrive.. but tomorrow i strike back with revenge(read
neem oil) I did manage to disarm a couple of them today with my
weapon-at-hand(sharp water stream) but tomorrow i must make full
preparations to attack and conquer the enemy.. The war is on!!
I’m thinking of having a low-lying succulent in all the pots to
suppress the weeds as they seem to be getting out of hand lately..
also i need it to retain water in the summers.. plus the one tht i’m
planning to have looks absolutely gorgeous and is a totally
maintainence-free plant.. i have already planted cuttings in a few
pots but tom i’m going to do it in a systematic way and carefully
divide the mother plant to have enough for all pots.. i doubt it
though because i simply have too many pots now but it should be
enough to cover the ones tht need it the most.. the smaller ones
can do without it for now..
I bought this one from Palampur and have no clue to the exact
name.. if someone can ID it for me i shall be truly glad..
The caladiums are happy splashing color despite the heatwave
and here they are.. i’m glad to have more in terms of variety and
color this season.. even more is about to unfurl.. there’s also a lone
zinnia which doesnt seem to be affected by the heat.. the others
are blooming faded and dying faded.. And then there’s a
crossandra which seems to be happy too.. Carnations have never
been affected(touch-wood).. i wonder if they even know the
concept of seasons.. dumb gorgeous flowers.. hehe..
and ofcourse there’s the good old amaryllis..
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Hi, your succulent palampur may ne “sedum album”. i have got it from hills near black sea in Turkey.