What happened?

Oh, this is not good.  Here are some pictures of my plants taken this spring in Lake Havasu:

 See how full this asparagus fern is ...

And the crown of thorns has brightly colored flowers and deep green leaves ... the sedum is full and happy --

And now in August!

This is what is left of our two orange trees ... yep, the stick in the pot in the back WAS a tree!

What the rabbits didn't eat here, the heat has destroyed.

 We didn't intend to display just pots of dirt!

 This plant died with just one day of hot sun!

And here is the lush asparagus fern now!

And the sedum, what's left of it ... doesn't really look like a survivor to me but maybe ...













These are the only ones doing even half way decent --

The crown of thorns survives but both the flowers and leaves are faded ... actually this picture looks better than the actual plant today.

This guy is a survivor, but you can see why ... it's deadly to get close to it.  Those needles are sharp and have a crooked end that goes into you, but not out.  This is one even the rabbits leave alone.

And these two seem to be holding their own on the front patio in the shade where it still reaches 110 in the afternoon ...

So last week while I was in Walmart I thought I'd pick up a couple of heat hardy plants to add some color to the back patio figuring that anything that the garden department had now would be a survivor.  Well, guess what ... they didn't have anything!!  Guess that tells me something ... quit for the summer while I'm ahead.

I'm just going to have a glass of iced tea, choose a good book and chill until fall!  Stay cool, my friends. 

Blessings,