So, what is going on in your garden right now? It was 104 yesterday and it is going to stay over 100 for the next several days. It is August in Texas, so this is to be expected. It amazes me how some plants just seem to thrive in this weather, and others just say “no thanks”. My basil, parsley and fennel look pathetic. Lemon grass, rosemary, thyme and Mexican oregano are as happy as can be. There are still a handful of olives on my tree – surely the birds will leave me at least one! It looks like I will have another great yield from the Meyer lemon tree. The old reliable salvia Greggii, rudbeckia, flame acanthus, cigar plant and butterfly weed stand up in the sun and act as if they just want more and more.

Something new for me is a plumeria. Carol, at our Dallas store gave me a 12″ cutting early last summer in a one-gallon pot. It has already been repotted twice. It is now in a much bigger container as it well needs to be. The plant is now between five and six feet tall, with two branches, each sporting beautiful blooms. What a treat. I do hear complaints from my husband, though. He is the official waterer of the container plants – and this one needs it twice a day now. I believe it needs to be repotted again. Carol did not warn me about this one!

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