Acis says: Summer is over
Jane McGary via pbs (Sun, 25 Jul 2021 09:41:56 PDT)

Acis autumnalis is not in flower here yet, but the foliage is still
green in a well-watered spot. Cyclamen hederifolium is beginning to
flower, however, at least a month early. I wondered if the latter might
have responded to a temperature drop from the terrible highs of late
June in the Pacific Northwest. Most of the cyclamen, however, are
growing in shaded places with a fairly deep surface cover of conifer
debris, where they may not have heated up much.

Lee mentioned Antarctic cold air affecting the Southern Hemisphere. I
don't suppose it will bring moisture, however, as that is mainly driven
by sea temperature, at least on the west coasts of the continents and on
islands.

The western USA continues very hot -- normal in some places, of course
-- and terribly dry. Here in western Oregon the air quality is still
good, but yesterday I noticed a lot of smoke in front of our neighboring
major peak, Mt. Hood. Traveling back down from a NARGS get-together at
Terry Laskiewicz's wonderful garden, we noticed a lot of heat damage on
native conifers, but curiously little on native deciduous trees. Among
bulbs, lilies had lost their buds in several gardens. However,
later-emerging scapes on Eucomis and Galtonia look fine here, and
Brodiaea californica has been flowering bravely through everything and
is even prettier than usual, because it shows a deeper color than
normal, almost violet.

I don't think summer is over; it had better not be, because the tomatoes
are still green.

Jane McGary, Portland, Oregon, USA

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