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My garden in the heatwave

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fancyflowers Tue 30-Jun-26 11:56:03

I planted my window boxes with trailing petunias, and they have just wilted in the heat.

The rest of my tubs are not so bad, but I have to do a lot more watering than usual.

I don't think our English bedding plants are compatible with heat waves. I shall have to think of plants that are more suited to a hot climate.

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J52 Tue 30-Jun-26 12:18:36

I agree, some of the blooms have just dried on the plants!
It’s worth making a note of the ones that survive the best. I’m finding that Sweet William, dianthus (SW family) and Armeria are doing well. Eryingum are about to bloom, but anything with delicate petals is just not coping. My Sweet Peas are quite sparse with short stems.

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tabbie Tue 30-Jun-26 12:23:34

My salvias usually do well in the summer. This year they're all burnt.

In my troughs, daisies of various sorts are doing ok. If lavender wasn't so spindly I'd plant that in window boxes.

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petra Tue 30-Jun-26 12:31:41

You would assume that bougainvillea would be happy with the heat we’ve had, wouldn’t you 🤷‍♀️ I had to move the pot to a shadier spot.

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Jaxjacky Tue 30-Jun-26 13:07:30

Busy lizzies are fine, as are a few violas still flowering from winter.

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