Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Crazy Weather, 0 by johnpeten

johnpeten wrote:
At this time of the year we should be shivering in the low 70s. Instead we are perspiring in the middle to upper 80s. The long term forecast is for this weather to continue with excursions into the 90s. Naturally my plants are confused. My many seedlings instead of making steady growth, think it is Spring and are flowering instead of forming leaves. Indigenous plants that have been hibernating are coming to life. Castor Bean seedlings are happily flowering and some of the Amaranth seedlings have flowers vigorously forming but the leaves look very sad. Dahlias, that are native here (in theory), are all producing flowers but the plants have not yet matured. The Flowering Maples which are difficult to germinate appear very happy and producing flowers when only about 9 inches high.
I have an ominous feeling that when the really hot weather starts my garden could be a disaster.