August .....hot and dry
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How hot is Cedar Mtn, south of Brevard, in August?
Comments (4)we camped there arbout 4 or 6 yrs back in august. it's quite nice. cools down at night, and does get hot during the day, but not terrible. be sure to ck out dupont forest, which is very close by and is free. it has gotten very busy on the weekends, so try and go during the week for some peace. has some 8 or more waterfalls. nice paths, and 4 of them are in an easy walking distance of the parking lot. if yo're willing to hike more, be sure to ck out bridal veil falls- you can walk behind it, and it's on a huge slab of rock you walk up to get to it. you have to see it to understand. some are from the last of the mohicans movie (bridal veil and triple falls). also be sure to ck out 'pretty place'. it's an open air stone & wood chapel at the top of a nearby mountain right on a cliff face. just beyond a ymca camp- ask anyone local and they can tell you. stunning. ceasar's head park in sc is very nice, too. have fun! we love that area....See MoreHot August Roses
Comments (10)Thank you all so much :-) Seil........The fan was 30 years old, we just thought it better to be repurposed and yellow and garden art rather than ending up in a landfill, besides it's a full sun area ;-) Jim Bob.....this summer here reminds me of those of my youth growing up in the desert. We have probably had over 35 or 40 days in the 80s since mid June. Rare for here to say the least. Many of my full sun roses are going from bud to blown in a little over a day. It was right at 100 here today. This Brandy and this DD both budded and bloomed in one day....See MoreIts HOT! August in Oklahoma
Comments (33)I got 3 more of the Big Bluestem 'Red October' because I'm so happy with the one I bought last fall, its stiff with upright leaves. Its already showing color and has deep musky purple stems and turkey feet forming. I figure to really see the color I need more than one plant in the spot. SRG had them marked down but they are back to full price now, I barely got the order in on time. I'm re-doing an area with these planted along with several very tall Little Bluestem I started from seeds I collected here. The bluestem is as tall as the turkey foot this year but I'm expecting the turkey foot to get to its full size when the plants are more mature. There are several new cultivars of Big Bluestem coming out, some nice blue ones but its the dark green that give the red/maroon fall coloring. I like the idea of it contrasting with the light blue Little Bluestem. I also bought Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow' to bring the total order up to enough to get the 35% off discount. Andropogon gerardii 'Red October' Close by the Bluestem is an area I'm taking out a large lantana and replacing with these three I have ordered from High Country Gardens. I also ordered a Pawnee Buttes Sand Cherry and a Curly Cue Artemisia. The whole place has gone grass landscape with massed areas I'm working on for definition. Its taking me a while to get this grass landscaping thing down but I'm getting there. Indian Grass 'Thin Man'...See MoreNew pips in hot hot August?
Comments (15)Since I had already treated several of my problems with various brews, I sent a chunk of Striptease and a piece of September Sun to A&M. They said they needed something that had not been treated. Those were in the early stages. One had the "orangey" stain and the other had the white mold. I sent a big chunk of soil with each as well. Then I drenched everything with that Bayer product that showed any symptoms or had been treated with a different method (I've done bleach baths and hot water on several earlier this summer. What I've noticed that I have not mentioned is the pot. I posted it to the container forum but did not get an answer. I think this is related. I've washed and bleached all the pots as they have been emptied and their contents trashed. I just wish I knew what it is or how it's spread and is it the same thing I had at the first of the season? (Brown dried up roots) The sample I sent to A&M earlier this year was from OBL. It, Francee and Paradigm had the same problem (and maybe several others). A&M said Root knot nematodes. Bill Meyer said root rot, judging from my photos. I was tossing OBL a few weeks after re-potting , as it was continuing to go downhill. I pulled it out of the trash, bagged it up ans sent it to the lab. ( Maybe I washed away most of the fungi when I repottted ir?) Then, Bruce Banyai said what we're seeing is August blight and bleach it. Of course, bleaching a hosta in Texas in August is probably a death sentence. I have no clue if it's being spread by an insect, falling out of the pecan trees, came in the potting soil or is in the mulch in the beds. If I buy new hosta, will they get it, too? Maybe I'll get a better answer this time. bk...See More
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