Maryl, your Cherry profusion is so pretty!! It is much darker than most of mine. I love these zinnias! I wonder if I could be a paid spokesperson for them!! LOL

Your blooms look amazing for that kind of heat. The clump shot of Paradise Road is gorgeous! Also a great photo of Indian Ripple. I love the look of Coral Corduroy with the coneflowers. That kind of heat makes your lungs hurt. Take care.

These all look great considering the sweltering temperatures. Just wondering, did you ever think about moving to a more moderate climate when you retired? I don't think I could stand heat any worse than I have it now, and we've only been in the low 90s this week. Heartless looks pretty good for a red at mid-afternoon. The group of Paradise Road is really lovely in the evening! Coral Corduroy is beautiful, and just perfect with the cantalope echinacea. I'd plant those two with blue balloon flowers. The Profusion Zinnias work so well with their two companions. Just a wonderful group of photos! Thanks for sharing!

Debra

Wonderful photos again! Wow to your heat and humidity……messing with the camera. I love the clump of Paradise Road, I take your recommendations seriously. it goes on my list is I get some room here. Your plant combinations are always so pretty!

Sherry

You still have pleasant surroundings in the heat. Do you move pots at all with changing conditions? Coral Corduroy is a favorite and looks like an ideal pot subject. Your planter looks so cool and lush; the location could have been Alaska. The scaevola especially cools it.

Very pretty, sherry. There are so many pretty ones, but Paul Voth. stops you in its tracks. What a lovely color!

kay

Kate: I thought of your words when I went out in the heat today to water. When it's this hot and humid it really does make it harder to breath....Debra: Lol on moving from Oklahoma. It's just another of life's challenges (I keep telling myself). Heartless is on the edge of going to the great compost heap in the sky. I've already pitched one pot of it. Not pleased with how it does in our afternoon heat. But it's still around for now. Do you know that some vendors were charging $75.00 for this older Hensley this year? It has a lot of pluses, just don't think it can take our heat.............Sherry: For me Paradise Road is now one of my mainstay daylilies. I know about limited space like you, but I wouldn't trade it for anything else I've seen or grown............Mantis: There are a lot of minuses to pot plant culture, but I can move some of the smaller ones around as the season dictates. Daylilies will move out soon and other plants will fill their space. Appreciate your comments on plant groupings. You do a good bit of that too.........Kay: I know about every daylily grower sees one of their daylilies and says to themselves: "if people could only see this in person". That's Paul Voth. It's all about that color......Thanks for the nice comments on the daylilies Brad. I would hate going out in my weather too, but all those pots need water every single day (sometimes twice). About now I wonder why I didn't take up knitting instead of gardening.....................Maryl

It's too bad Heartless doesn't take the heat. It looks like a nice one. I can't imagine watering twice a day in your heat. I shudder at the thought. My weather was a sauna this morning when I watered for 1.5 hours. Every piece of my clothing was wet when I came in, and I had to completely redress.

Debra