Saturday, July 4, 2020

June Garden 2020

Erythranthe cardinalis (Scarlet Monkeyflower) & Erigeron peregrinus (Wandering Daisy)

Potted plants near the front door

Lilium 'Yellow Whoppers' (Asiatic Lily)

Achillea millefolium (Yarrow)

Hypericum hybrid (St John's Wort)

June 2020 was warmer & wetter than normal.  The mean temperature was 61.8, 0.9 degrees above normal.  The highest temperature was 85 on 6/23.   The lowest was 49 on 6/14.  Total precipitation was 2.28 inches, 0.71 inches more than normal.  However, there was a gap between 6/16 & 6/26 when it rained only 0.04 inches.  Plants slowed their growth & some began to wither.  More than an inch (1.03) fell during the last 4 days of the month.