So much good information here. I am in SW Florida and the nighttime temps get into the 40’s enough during January and February that I think they get enough cool temps. I know there iis a hotel in Naples that has them as a mass planting and they bloom. My first year here Iost my best biggest Clivia to crown rot. Now I use a fungicide regularly. I have repotted all into an orchid mix of Leica, bark, charcoal for better drainage. I have discovered with care the plant can come back from crown rot because the roots are still healthy and a new crown is formed. It has actually taken two years so might not be worth it. They have tried to bloom but the stalks don’t grow above the crown and they start to rot so I have had to remove the blooms, and spray with fungicide to save the plant. I think I haven’t been fertilizing enough so I’ll do better and see what happens next year. They need so much more care here than they did in WA, but, after having them for forty years, I have to keep trying.

Well, today was really nice. Lunch was from CPK. Thai chicken salad, a chinese salad, bolognese pasta with chicken, spinach pasta with light cream sauce, and spaghetti with meat sauce. Then the cookies! There were so many, and all so good! I only tried three varieties, an almond bark, chocolate espresso cookie, and cheesecake cookie. We brought a lot home, and the kids are looking forward to tasting them. We will do the scratch offs tonight. I've attached the link to the photos below, I am wearing a red sweater with black scarf, and have blonde hair. Near the end of the photos, I'm holding up my lottery tickets. Just click on Laurie's Cookie Swap photos. Thanks so much for your support! Here is a link that might be useful: cookie swap photos

Is it planted in full sun? Panicle hydrangeas bloom at their best in full sun. When they receive less than full sun, they may bloom less or the color changes may last longer. More sun exposure tends to make the color changes occur faster; shadier conditions make them last a little longer. Has it been cloudier than normal? Is it getting more shade? Are there forest fires sending smoke to your area? Extremely hot temperatures may prematurely brown out the blooms instead. Hotter than normal weather can make them become a little dormant so aim to keep the soil mulched past the drip line and keep it evenly moist at a depth of 4 inches.

I've been gardening for almost 60 years and growing perennial bunching onions for close to 30. Managing these onions is pretty simple; in early spring they want to flower, so I just cut off the flower stalks when they're about to open and they quit trying. But this season, they're still trying to flower. The flower stalk of course is hard and not edible and it seems that with all the plants' energy going into trying to flower, they're not spinning off more "scallions." Here it is nearly July--and hot, hot, hot, and I'm still cutting off flower stalks--and not being able to harvest much at all from my patch. Any thoughts?