The phlox enjoys the shade of the blue spruce for a lot of the day. It makes them survive the heat without much harm. I have three varieties of phlox colors. I have a fourth varigated colored one that doesn't seem to be in bloom, it blooms later, or I just lost it over the winter.
I mowed my front yard this morning in 80 degree heat, F. I would have to had gotten up early to have a better temperature. My front yard is smaller and it took about twenty minutes and I was glad to get inside for diet Pepsi with lots of ice. I returned later in the backyard to take photos and water the tomato plants. I returned back inside for the rest of the day.
It is a folly to plant four seeds from a decorative two color pumpkin. I didn't think they were ever going to sprout. Three out of four isn't bad and we will see what happens. I am hoping that they will vine along the back of the flower bed against the fence. I am certain I will have to do some pruning when necessary.
This blog was started on Friday and here I find that I didn't finish it. It was a busy night last night with all the fireworks going on, up and down all of streets and sometimes next to our back yard. Two days a year in Iowa it is legal for two hours to shoot them. Some pretty fantastic shows were given by those who put out hundreds of dollars for fireworks. It is all quiet this morning as if everyone is sleeping in from the neighborhood war zone. Thanks for stopping by today and yesterday too.
2 comments:
Happy 4th! We were in bed at 8:30 I didn’t hear a thing. Far Guy says it was a little noisy. Take it easy in the heat.
There were fireworks all around us on Thursday and Friday but we also had thunderstorms so the noise was no big deal. The fireworks were miles off too.
I'm glad I got my yard mowed just before this weekend. It was a tough job.
I wish I had more colors of phlox! Those other hues are beautiful!
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