Today was amazing. It's July 25. There is heavy cloud cover most of the day. The high was 81 degrees at noon, and it's 79 now. I got my butt out to the garden and made the most of it, working out front where there is no shade until late afternoon. Got the grass edged by the Rose of Sharon. Got the mandevilla trimmed. With no freeze last winter, it was bullying everything around it. Pulled some more salvia which is also being a bully all over the yard. Tidied up the Alachua red climber rose on the trellis.
Sadly, where the salvia was muscling its way through the flower bed I used to have a twenty foot row of daylilies. Some survived, but most could not compete with the salvia. I lost Persian Market, and Mountain Violet, and some unnamed favorites. I will plant something in that bed later. For now, the focus is on clearing and cleaning up and mulching the beds.
Among the surviving daylilies was one that I had cross bred myself. Another survivor was a rescue from a nursery whose owner had lost interest in caring for all of his plants. So this is a tough little daylily! One of my favorite camellias is also from there, a very deep red double peony form. Every since I brought it to my yard, it has rewarded me by blooming heavily.
I could stand a few more days like today, heavy cloud cover and cooler temps.
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