I enjoy your comments about the climate, weather and plants I live with. Of course, the pleasure is mutual. I find it most interesting when in some areas in January there are not only blooms but blossoms.
So this is my report. My blue bells finished blooming a little more than a month ago. The plants are quickly going into a dormant state. My bleeding hearts are past their peak and the blooms are rapidly coming to an end. Peonies, irises and tiger lilies are budding out.
What sets this off at such a late date is the length of our days. Today the sun rose at 5:19 Am and sets at 9:47 PM for a total of 16 hours and 28 minutes of daylight. This much light causes our plants to develop rapidly.
Our weather is still variable. Yesterday we had a high of 30 C. It went down to 4 C by 4 AM. My furnace cut in this morning.
This afternoon I worked in my yard in windy conditions with a temperature of 16 C.
All too soon I will be crying about very short days!
Never realized how the longer days made the plants grow too fast. Linda in Kansas
ReplyDeletePlants will do their work as long as there is sunshine and light.
DeleteIt is so pleasant to have longer, lighter evenings. All the annuals have such a short time to grow and reproduce and yet they do it every year.
ReplyDeleteAnnuals are a challenge.
DeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteOur temperatures are going up and down like a yo-yo.
It is 44° here this morning. It will be 85° on Wednesday.
Happy June, have a great day and happy week ahead.
I think temperatures have become more variable.
DeleteYou indeed have a record for long days in summer dear Red
ReplyDeleteYea much exposure to sun makes plants complete their life cycle quickly . I wish flowers stay longer in your area 😊
I have also lived in the Arctic with 24 hour sunlight per day.
DeleteOur May coldness might be over. I looked at the two-week forecast today and saw that we will be well into the 20s for the next two weeks.
ReplyDeleteSummer temps have got to come sometime.
DeleteLove these long days and the new green of late spring.
ReplyDeleteWhen leaves first come out there is a special green to them. I love it.
Delete5:30 to 9:09 for us...15 hours 39 minutes if I did the math right. Put out the fires!! The smoke is horrid!
ReplyDeleteI think we'll have to put up with smoke all summer. So far we're lucky and don't have smoke.
DeleteI have the A/C man coming today to make sure my unit is ready for warmer weather. Some days it is heat in the night and A/C by the afternoon. The best days are when I can just open the windows and enjoy the breezes. Hope you get many lovely days, Red!
ReplyDeleteWe have to manage things carefully and we can keep relatively comfortable.
DeleteIt was downright cold here last night. I turned off the fans and closed all the windows, but now it's beginning to warm up a little.
ReplyDeleteWe've had a couple of very cool nights which isn't surprising.
DeleteIt gets dark here around 10:30 GST.
ReplyDeleteYou could play baseball at 10:00 PM!
DeleteIn Seattle, WA today, sunrise 5:14. Sunset 9:00, 15 hours, 46 Minutes .
ReplyDeleteGotta say HI to Linda … she is exactly right … today’s sunset is our first 9PM for the season. The latest will be 9:11PM near the summer solstice. Now, my question is: Why do we need Daylight Saving Time in Seattle?
ReplyDeleteTime zones make for some differences in AM and PM.
ReplyDeleteIt is so nice to have these lighter evenings. We sat outside up until around 7.30 p.m. listening to the birds in the trees.
ReplyDeleteYes, we all mourn Mother Nature's changing ways.
ReplyDeleteAnd we have wildfires
ReplyDeleteOh, the long days are glorious! So nice to be outside in the evenings.
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