Waiting Out The Heat Wave

 

Even our modest local park was magic during the "magic hour".
 

A long stretch of low 90'sF(~33C) is ending.  The days were spent indoors relishing air conditioning, except for the very early morning hour just after sunrise.  I dog-walked every day.

That hour just after sunrise is the best time of day:

Back home in the garden, what managed to look good despite the heat?

The Cosmos, late-planted, triumphed anyway:

Phalenopsis, living outdoors for the summer, grew new roots and new leaves:

And sprouted new flowering stems from the old ones:

Protea 'Sylvia' usually flowers most in August and September.  The heat scorched the flowers somewhat this year:

Another round of Hemerocallis oblivious to heat.  No wonder I keep them: 

Extra big flush of new flowers from Russelia.  A heat lover, for sure:

Lagerstromias, still good:

Calylophus 'Southern Belle' is tough as nails, but the one plant in partial shade looked happiest 

Leafless at this time of year, Drimia maritima...

...blooms its blooms:

As the flowers open, the stems twist and bend:

Flower stem emerging on Aloe reitzi, the harbinger of Aloe season to come:

 

 The various Yucca 'Bright Star's do not bloom all at once.  This extends the season of interest and their moment of glory:  

 Neighboring the Yucca, Hesperaloe parviflora, has sent up another flowering stem:

 Zero Catharanthus purchased this year, but a couple of volunteer seedlings are reminders this is a good plant in summer heat:

Poor Dahlia crop this year, but any Dahlia is likely a gorgeous Dahila.  Happy about the ones I got:

Miraculously, a Zinnia flower, to remind me to plant Zinnia seeds on the first of May next year instead of the middle of July:

 Zephyranthes candida, fresh and sweet despite heat.  I feel cooler just looking at those starry white blooms:

Many toasted roses, and then there's 'Belinda's Dream':

Pentas thriving:

Out there again soon, soon.  Looking forward to it.

Is your gardening in a lull now, or is it fun out there?