Ugh. And after what seemed like a record cool May and early June. Oh well. It was nice while it lasted, and we can hope the heat cycles in and out.

Stan, that is so hot for your area. Did your plants droop? I know a lot you grow are not used to that heat. I hope it was just one bad day. It was 107 here but I grow plants that can handle it.

107!! Emmarene, can you share some of your plants that can handle heat?

I watered Emmarene..but somethings like Brugmansia Frosty Pink- my wife's fave- Wilted pretty good in 100f sun.

Black Aeonium also wilted badly..upright leafs flopped down..but I think its ok now. Even with water,it hated over 90f let alone 100f.

I know I wilted outdoors on a 100f clean up day-lol. Not used to this.

Passing through Palm Springs area at 109 degrees. Left Phoenix area this morning at 4 am.

You know its hot when....the backup camera in car says its too hot to operate!

106 when I left work in Chatsworth and 112 at home.

The birds are panting sitting on branches in the shade with their beaks open.

Truly, as hot as I am I still pity people in Phoenix.

5Birdy I have some fairly ordinary plants and some known to love heat. I have Abelia, for instance. It hasn't had any water this year since the wet season ended. I have Xylosoma and Myrtus. Same thing, haven't been watered. Lots of Gazania. The tomatoes don't mind the heat but I water them daily. Oleander is beautiful. I have had a loss in a way. I have an Autumn Joy type sedum, I don't actually know the cultivar. It has buds and they colored early this year, I don't know why. Some that have not finished coloring up got burned they are an orangey burnt color now. I still do a lot of watering. I have things not yet established so they get watered by hand every day.

Thanks emmarene! Do you have any Ca native plants that do well in heat?

Native is relative. I don't think you would want what is native in my county but Erigeron is a Ca native that I grow. Mine is the cultivar karvinskianus but I prefer Wayne Roderick. It is not totally xeric and it does get afternoon shade but seems to thrive in a variety of locations. Are you familiar with the Theodore Payne database?

I'm in Livermore and have a native garden in my front yard. Here are some great plants that can tolerate the heat and don't need summer water once established.

Ceanothus (CA Lilac)

Arctostaphylos (Manzanita)

Eriogonum (Buckwheat)

Salvia Clevelandii (like Pozo Blue)

Penstemon (I like Margarita BOP)

Nepeta faassenii (not a native but it performs great in warm inland areas with very little water). I love this plant! It attracts all kinds of beneficial insects.

BTW...Erigeron karvinskianus is not actually a California native plant and it was on Plant Right's invasive plant list this year. I have this plant in my yard and it doesn't need much water. Just keep in mind that if it is happy it will spread by seed. I pull many of these out each Spring. Erigeron Wayne Roderick is a CA native plant but will need afternoon shade and some additional water in order to keep it looking its best in hot inland areas.

They say today is going to be the hottest of the week! We have had two days over a 100 this week and they are predicting 70s next week! What is this yoyo-ing weather going to do to my garden!! I just rigged up some shade for my newly planted citrus, but the hydrangea got burned to a crisp!

My car thermostat was registering 118 yesterday from sitting in the middle of the parking lot at work, but the ambient temperature has been about 109 for the past several days. I've been making sure to water all of my plants at night so that they don't show too much stress.

I have a couple of palms that got a bit of sunburn and I also have a young magnolia 'Vulcan' that had its leaves scorched pretty badly. Overall, I think most of my plants have stood up to the heat pretty well - thanks to a thick layer of mulch, and night-time watering.

Its still scorching in the desert and central valley..here in the B.A. the fog ended that. 74f was the high in Hayland.

With the cool spring and the quick jump to hot, most of my citrus leaves got toasted! Interestingly, the grapefruits suffered the most leaf scorch, next were the mandarins.

Its nothing permanent, but wow ....these temperature swings !

Oh wow! My hydrangeas burned to a crisp, but are bouncing back with this week's mid-70s! Wonder what's in store for next week!

A potted Ficus macrophylla- that monster tree that can take up acres in tree growth- had leaves scorched. First time that's ever happened. Its in a big pot.

Too hot. Tomorrow I'm hiding out at the beach with my book. Poor plants and animals.

Josue I also do night watering and sometimes night gardening. Today for example was 107 so I gardened after dark.

I'm fleeing with my family to Mendocino, it will be cooler there! Wonder if there are any must-sees for a gardener up there?! Meanwhile I hope my plants will soldier on, but while my flower garden is looking great, this has been a very mediocre year for my veggies!

They REALLY got it wrong for today. The predicted cooling off is instead a big warmup. "Our natural air conditioning is on the fritz". NO breeze.

Car read 115 on the 80 yesterday. Google says sometying like down 7 degrees 100 today.

Today the high in Crescent City was 55f.

I had to look that up......and 98 percent humidity! Crazy microclimates!

92f...temps have run above average May-July,and now.

92 sounds glorious Stan! We haven't gone below 100 for several weeks now (except at night, of course).

Josue- you GOTS to start adding cycads..blue cycads. They can grow around and under the palms. You got the knack for seed sprouting,and you got the climate for great blue Encephalartos growing. Takes advantage of that heat. It seems to me the biggest Sago's for example are in the southern valley. I've see the photos..massive.

Use that on the blues..

I am growing a couple of dioon edule from seed. And I've got a couple of E. cerinus, arenarius and E. natalensis x trispinosis that are somewhat blue. I hope they develop more the the trispinosis traits as they mature.