Sorry! Meant to type Heat!!

Gloria, I thought you were gonna talk about Derek Jeter!LOL Sorry for your hot weather. We're dropping into the 40's tonight Brrrr!

Theresa

Gloria that sounds like an odd reaction to the heat, even really intense temps if your plants have been getting enough water. I have had temps in the low 100's for a week straight but all I have to do is water my plants a couple times a day. If I don't water them they'll dry out the way you described. Maybe you should just make sure they have ample water when it's really hot. Sorry you had so much damage. Trimming them back shouldn't cause any problems. We're having the exact opposite weather, cool and wet. It doesn't look like either of us is having good gardening weather : (
Karyn

lol, I thought it was gonna be about derek jeter too. I thought..'he was gone?'
Sorry to hear about the brugs, that sux. Hopefully they will bounce back even better than they were before!!
I wonder if in the heat like that brugs would like those things you put aroud newly planted trees, those rings that water slowly?

LOL.. I thought it was about Jeter too!!! Miss G. I think Karyn is right.. We have temps @ 105~107* for a week at a time but so long as I keep them watered I don't have any problems... They should recover from removing the leaves.. I have had to remove mine several times already due to high wind damage..

Gloria, having the same problem here in the SFV. I have been watering like crazy. Saturday, I dug up and moved some cast iron plant and my philo monstera deliciosa to shade. I still need to move the rest of the ginger and a couple other plants from that area now that I don't have the trees by the driveway for shade. I put up a huge umbrella to shade my pear tree because that is also getting cooked. I could kick myself, in the process of weeding, I yanked my clematis 'Niobe' all the way to the base! I know it will come back, but darn it, I won't see anymore flowers this year. I planted the vine and hope it roots that way.

Sorry to hear about your brug problem. It doesn't sound to me as though heat is the culprit either.
I have 2 in pots that I am watching.I hope they recover really fast. Linda

Hi All: It's the heat!! Not necessarily sun (altho there's plenty of that!) But the heat this weekend was like a blast oven! The cats couldn't even walk on the cement walkways. Brugs were watered, and were looking healthy. Buds were just beginning to open when the heat blasted them. No breeze, no air movement. The pool water doesn't have a ripple. Have been skimming the bees out of the pool several times a day. They are attracted to the water, and I can't let the poor critters struggle and drown. Will soon be resorting to some sort of Druid Dance? lol Gloria

Are they inground or pots? If in pots you could put some gravel in a big saucer and fill with water and set the pots on top of it for humidity. Maybe that would help. If in the ground mulch them really well.