We are having some lovely weather these past two weeks, and my pot plants in the garden at home are struggling with the unexpected heat (i.e. good weather) and lack of constant rain. And also the fact that I don't have a garden hose and I only water the pots once or twice a week if it doesn't rain. However, some plants are doing wonderfully and you can't even tell they notice the extra heat and dryness. The pelargonium is my favourite, it's positively thriving in its little pot, when everything around it is dying a slow death.
The rose is a nice surprise, it even has a second wave of buds about to open! The strawberry tree, azalea rosemary and helichrysum (Mediterranean type of plants, so no big surprise) are also looking healthier than anything else around.
The cornflower looks a bit leggy now but it's been flowering non-stop for weeks and the bees love it. Almost as much as they love lavender, which is also doing well in the sunny(ish) weather but is so small at the moment that it only feeds one bee...
The crocosmia is doing well in its big new pot (each year it gets better, three flowers this one!) and the kniphophia on the small pot on the floor, which isn't flowering yet (too small) but isn't drying up either. No surprises there, as they're both from South Africa.
