After a couple of scorching 42C (107.6F) degree days with hot north-westerly winds, our gardens have a weathered look. Even the normally tough-as-nails sasanqua’s new growth took a thorough scorching.
A native lily
Cordyline
Rhubarb!
Magnolia
Camellia sasanqua
Dissectum maple (normally green!)
for the Weekly Photo Challenge, Weathered
The top layer of my camellias is the same and my strawberries are frazzled though we only got to 40.
Indeed Trish, we noticed your city was getting fried also. It is intriguing that some of ours survived the first day quite well, so the extra “hit” did the damage. Not looking forward to my water bill, and I am only watering the most needy! At least I don’t have to mow much 😉
You’re boiling and in the States they’re freezing… world is nuts!
Exactly. Cooler today, but another three day roasting on the way ?
The garden is completely dry so?
Almost. Our native plants can survive and I don’t waste water on grass! I need to water some plants so Madame has her flowers ?
Would have worked also if the challenge was called “smote”. It’s a bit nuts what we have done to the planet.
…. and you didn’t mean “Synthetic Minority Over-sampling TEchnique”, did you, Amy? LOL
Pretty sure about that 🙂
I detest hot weather… sad to hear about your scorching heat. Hope your get some relief soon…
Sadly no, Jane. After a cooler start to the week, which saw some productive gardening, we are into the first of three to four days around 40! If you follow Sydney, you may see 29, while the outer western suburbs get up to 45. Fortunately, we are in between ?
The tennis players are doing it tough in Melbourne too!
I hope it’s cooled down now for you! We have been lucky so far this summer – mild weather and no scorching temperatures most unusual but a pleasant change 🙂