HOT WEATHER FLOWER GARDEN TIPS

Keep Your Cool

Sunflower - the emblem of summer photo by author

I post gardening tips every Wednesday and Sunday - for your gardening pleasure!

Hot weather can strain our passion for gardening. This is especially true for flower gardening. Both the flowers and the gardener may start to look stressed and bedraggled in the heat.

But you can have a flower garden that thrives in a hot, sunny area if you take certain steps to ensure its success. The first step is to consider the weather of the entire season. Resist the urge to buy or seed dainty spring flowers in the cooler time of year if you know it is going to get much hotter later on. Always remember the dog days of summer are around the corner! This is hard to do when that multicolored ruffled spring pansy is calling your name. . .

Tutti Frutti ‘Apricot Delight’ yarrow (Achillea millefolium ‘Apricot Delight’) is a tough perennial that loves sun and stands up to heat and humidity. A fast grower, it reaches 18 to 22 inches tall and wide. This perennial’s showy, umbel flower clusters of apricot, pink, and deep rose bloom from summer into fall. The foliage is soft and fernlike. Yarrow attracts butterflies to the garden and is deer and rabbit resistant. Zones 3– 9 - photo by author

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