I'm in the middle of an early fall garden rescue. I have six garden problems, 'er weeds, I'm trying to eradicate this fall. While I was traveling, temperatures around the world, including in my own state, soared, and my garden became a tangle of terrible tyrants. The plants you like may die in extreme temperatures, but the weeds march on. The back garden is over 30 years old and is the worst place for these garden problems. Clematis terniflora ripped out from the roots. I need a small spade to dig this one up. Some aggressive plants are true weeds. Others are native adventurers, and some are my own mistakes I planted years ago. Which six garden problems? Let's discuss. Mulberry weed Mulberry weed is the epitome of an aggressive plant. It may look innocent, but mulberry weed is a nightmare. Check out all of those seeds on that stem....

If you're thinking about ordering fall bulbs, read on for what I'm planting this year. Fall bulbs make great spring flowers. Narcissus and tulip border. This runs from the garage to the back garden. Scilla siberica, so tiny and so true blue Scilla siberica 'Spring Beauty', Siberian squill, flowers early and into the middle part of Spring. I grow them for my honey bees because, although tiny, the flowers are the color of an Oklahoma spring sky. The pollen is blue so the honey bees have blue bees' knees which makes me smile. My friend, Layanee, wrote about it on her blog. I wish she'd resurrect it. I loved her blog. She did write one post this year. Scilla bulbs are supposed to multiply, but they don't seem to do it much here. Maybe too much mulch? I don't know. Scilla siberica Scilla siberica, where else can you get blue...

It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day: August 2022, which means it's time to share what's in flower in my Oklahoma garden. Some plants, like the Helenium autumnale, common sneezeweed, are just coming into flower while others, like Phlox paniculata, tall garden phlox, are hanging on. As always, click on images in the galleries to make them larger. My passalong Phlox paniculata. ? Throughout July and August, much of the country, including Oklahoma, had very hot temperatures day and night. Today is supposed to top out at 101° yet again. It's been too hot for too long, and many of my garden coaching clients have texted me lamenting their gardens this year. I hear you. Mine isn't great either. However, I have great news! Wednesday starts a real cooldown which will get us back into the seasonal temperature range. All together now, "Hip, hip, hooray!" Rosa 'Easy on the Eyes' is new...

We returned from the daylily national convention a couple of weeks ago, and it's been too hot in Oklahoma ever since. I think David Payne said yesterday that we're at day 15 of consecutive days over 100°F. It was 104° again yesterday. We had a cold front come through last night with very little rain. It's now down to 88°, but we'll be back in the 100s in a couple of days. We returned from the daylily national convention a couple of weeks ago, and it's been too hot in Oklahoma ever since. I think David Payne said yesterday that we're at day 15 of consecutive days over 100°F. It was 104° again yesterday. We had a cold front come through last night with very little rain. It's now down to 88°, but we'll be back in the 100s in a couple of days. While I was out taking photos...