What's blooming: Week of July 4, 2012
J.E. Shields (Wed, 04 Jul 2012 10:49:14 PDT)

Hi all,

Here in Central Indiana, I have a couple pots of Scadoxus multiflorus
katherinae in bloom, the last flower to open on Hymenocallis
eucharidifolia, and a pot full of the dwarf Caliphruria korsakoffii in bloom.

See pictures of these in my blog at:
http://shieldsgardens.com/Blogs/Garden/…

The current temperature is 95 F or 35 C. The drought persists, although we
are in a band that did get 0.75 inch of rain about 5 days ago. We are
still down about 8 inches for the year, and this is the most severe drought
locally since the summer of 1988. It does not seem to be affecting my
potted plants, except where I have been remiss in watering. Plants in the
ground are probably going to go dormant early, as I am not able to keep
them sufficiently watered.

Regards,
Jim Shields

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Jim Shields USDA Zone 5
P.O. Box 92 WWW: http://www.shieldsgardens.com/
Westfield, Indiana 46074, USA
Lat. 40° 02.8' N, Long. 086° 06.6' W