let's try one more time....

remind me where you are 47 ford ...

fast lush green growth after thunderstorms arent all that odd in late spring.. not sure there is anything to do.. they should straighten on their own ..

did you happen to fert just before the rain... causing the excessive lush growth???

ken

ps: i found you have to be signed in to add a pic with the post.. so if you posted before sign in.. ??? .. which then just leads me to either editing the original post.. or just as you did.. add it in a comment ... were not alone out there ....

Senior moment, Ken...cause after posting this I had a sort of deja vu. Sure enough checked and noticed that I posted this exact same thing back in '19! Sheesh...my memory fails me. Same bush....so....hopefully all will be good. I'm in zone 6 PA. I thought I was signed in to add the pic...oh well...at least got it there. You're right about quick growth following these storms - the bush has really been getting big past few weeks. Lots of rain.

Some plants wilt like that at the top 1/3 or so when they hot sun hits them mid-day -- as long as they perk back up in the evening or when the shade comes around, they're fine. I can't remember if my BB do this, but many plants do.

Thanks mxk. Believe me I know what you mean. This brick wall butts up again another wall on a 90-degree angle. Everything between the two - it what amounts to a hot corner - gets beaten down by summer heat. One thing that really drives me crazy (can sort of see it in the lower left of the pic) is the wild violets that come up between the chrysanthemums (and also iris...which is even harder to weed them out). I swear those violets would take over all my beds if I didn't keep them in check, and yet thankfully they seem confined to only certain areas.

mx said: Some plants wilt like that at the top 1/3 or so when they hot sun hits them mid-day -- as long as they perk back up in the evening or when the shade comes around, they're fine.

==>> yeah.. its like the plant is actually telling you whats going on .. presuming you are t the type to panic and start spraying and fertg them for some unknown reason.. what i call.. loving them to death ...

when i had plants like this.. they just got a good drink in the evening ... preferably not wetting the leaves to avoid night mildews ... or in the morning .. by which time they usually recovered.. but a little extra for the day wont hurt ...

and if they were out back on the acres.. live or die.. im not pulling the hose out that far for you problem children ...

ken

ps: on first glance i thought that was the worst brick mortar work i had ever seen .. lol .. then i kinda of liked it.. when i realized it was intentional ... lol ..

LOL about the mortar. The whole house is that 'weeping' effect. When the room in the picture was renovated a few years ago, they had to remove that whole first course of bricks to replace all the windows - and so - after the new windows went in, had to redo that mortar effect. They did a great job matching it to the rest of the house.

By the way, butterfly bush perked right up after the rain last night and now some cooler weather.