My plants are beginning to suffer from heat stress, due to the abnormally high temps for several days in a row. And for most of the southeastern US, this will continue for at least another week, with little chance of rain. Irrigating more frequently than usual helps here, but when temps so drastically move to the scorching level, I don't know any way to prevent it altogether. I was in South GA yesterday looking at Scott Elliott's garden and temps were in a he 100 s with no rain in sight for at least a week. HIs daylilies looked great, amazing foliage. We talked about water, and he is very lucky to have a deep aquifer well that enables him to water a lot. HE tries not to let the ground dry out when the heat is like this. Water makes all the difference. I've seen it many times in the best gardens.
