Its been as dryer and hotter here than the last 30 years.. (literally, the data sheet on the county extension service, basically shows 1974 as the last time we didn't have this much rain here.

As always everything below is wintersown.

Ive pretty much left stuff go after I went on vacation. Just weeded and cut stuff back. I figure no use in fighting it this year and whatever I get is a bonus. That said, lost tons of stuff to this high heat and long duration of no rain (mid june was the last time we had a inch, very unusual here)

I dont put much stock in counting one years weather as a indicator of the next, last year we basically drowned from having 35 inches of rain. The beauty of wintersowing is the diversity you can pump into your gardens, some thing will always find itself happier with certain weather patterns..

My one and only Hardy Hibiscus for the year.. the one the deer forgot to eat =)

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Nicotinia sensation mix.. underperfomer this year.. liked the wet conditions of last year more

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Group shot of Purple Coneflower

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Close up showing some friends and enemies, "notice the blasted Japanese beetle munching away"

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Cardinal Flower.. still waiting on height from this.. Ive seen them over 30 inches tall, mine has yet to exceed 12 inches...

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Annual Mondar (I remember the common name now.. lemon mint)

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Cosmos sensation mix.. my picotee mix barely took off and Im only going to get a couple this year it appears

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Corepsis Rosea.. finally got to grow this after 3 years of trying to order from swallowtail, they finally had s package to spare me lol... First year blooming perreniel, smallish pink flowers, but this one doesnt seem to mind the heat and drought

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Annual Asters (love love them, and going to try several next year, which of course means they wont do crap next year for me lol)

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Snaps

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