We'll see. Substantial rain is supposed to be coming. It's been a year of extremes. One of coldest Aprils on record; hottest May on record. A deluge of rain in May; now almost 4 weeks without substantial rain.

Same here, the poor plants have gone through several ups and downs, totally confused. If Rock Solid was affected like that, it is bad. That is my most dependable plant here

Your not alone as we too have had an unusual season. I've seen a lot of buds have shriveled up on my early morning garden walk today and then when weeding I noticed rebloom scapes showing it. We did get some rain the other day but most of the storms were going north or south of us. Our weather forecast is saying rain for Sunday, Tuesday through the rest of the week. But, I doubt we will see that much rain. Suppose to get hot again on Friday but will go back down to the 80's again. Japanese beetles are going into the traps but still finding some on my Rose Of Sharon bushes and my husband has taken over using his zapper to kill them. Deer are staying out in the fields so far but that could change so I just keep watch. Would you believe tonight our temps will fall back into the low 50's. This is July right?

We are hot and in a drought also. No rain in weeks and that was scant. Poor plants are not happy, but so far nothing has died. Oh, and my water bill is through the roof.

Our season has been crazy too. Some plants have had an excellent season with tall scapes and many buds. Other plants have short scapes and few buds. I am not sure what the difference is. Is it the way they reacted to the cold weather or how hurt they were by repeated late frosts? Seed production is way down too. It just has been too hot to set many pods even though we are optimistic and keep spreading the pollen around.

At least our temperatures have moderated a bit, but still no rain. Bob and I have over 3000 seedlings still to get in the ground. I hope we can get it done before it turns super hot again.

Nancy

Omg, Nancy, what a job! And keeping track of all that! I’m sending energy your way. It’s been a mixed bag here, the lates seem to be doing great. Have had earliest blooms on short scapes, some blooms a lot smaller than past years. Some plants have much paler blooms than usual. Overall there have been too many disappointments.

Sherry

I feel for you who are in drought conditions. We had a three-year drought here in the early 2000s, and I lost most of my perennials except daylilies then. This year, we've been blessed with more rain than I can ever remember in June and July. I hope the rest of you get substantial rain in the coming days.

Debra

Mantis .......we didnt get any deluge of rain in May here in S.W. Ontario ........wish we had. We went from freezing and wet in April to dry and hot in May and June and now 2/3 of the month of July.

Nancy , Rock Solid has always done well here . Not the case this year I am worried I am going to lose it along with others . I have had to dig up numerous daylilies that are stressed and pot up and keep watered on my porch. I wont plant back out till we get some decent rain........maybe in the next millennium .

Celeste , I hear you and empathize . I too have watched the clouds approach and then it is like we are in a vortex........the clouds form a circle and smack dab in the middle is us .......with the sun blazing away right over us . I end up yelling at the weather people on tv ( can you say I am a little strange) when they are all joking with the other announcers talking about the perfect summer weekend. Well it isn't unless you are a person who hangs out at the beach or spend your days on the golf course. UGH!

Julia , I had no idea japanese beetles attacked Rose of Sharon . I just cut down my snowball bush.....it was eaten by tiny little worms till there was nothing left of the leaves......once they disappeared the leaves started to come back but then something else ate those leaves (not little worms this time ) so I gave up . Not pretty to look at a skeleton . Hubby took his chainsaw to it tonight .

Cooper8828 .........I know it is expensive to pay for water .......but I sometimes wish I could . We are on a well and I am not allowed to water . I did that one year and ran the well dry 3 different times .....my hubby was not impressed to say the least .

Hoosier Nan . I know what you are talking about . I too have seedlings to plant fortunately not 3000 but about 500 , but not much point if I cant water them once planted . Everything really is on hold till we get some decent amount of rain .

Sherry , dontcha just hate it . The colors , the size of the blooms , the height of the daylilies are all things I and I am sure everyone here wait for all winter .....then to experience what it seems most of us are experiencing is sooooooo frustrating .

Thanks Debra, throw those thoughts out to the universe will ya ! We could sure use some of that lovely stuff.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts .... it is somewhat comforting knowing that I am not alone in my misery . Hope you all get some good rain soon.

It's been a lot of years since we had drought, but I do remember the frustration. I think 2012 was the last one, affecting the last 1/4 of the season. But the worse one was 2007. Almost every daylily barely bloomed that summer, many didn't, there was no grass, not even weeds. Trees died too. Then in 2008 the weeds made up for lost time and took over before anything had a chance to grow. The positives from 2007: never had to mow after late April or early May, or weed eat, and unbelievably I lost no daylilies even though I did not water--I really thanked God for that!.

I feel for you with the drought and the Japanese beetles. It has been quite dry this summer. but we had excelelt rainas in spring, and I will water when it gets awful. Like you, Celeste, I wonder if God gets mad at out little area because there are rains all around and we often miss but wer got a little over two inches this weeek and everything perked up nice;y...and the storms and tornadoes miss us, so no real complaints.

kay