Not looking forward to extreme heat

It's been feeling like summer in the UK and sometimes you don't want to complain about the heat. This though was affecting my sleep in the end and making me feel rather groggy at times. I felt so tired with it sometimes I didn't know if I was coming or going, but it wasn't that bad and here I am this morning. I think that we may have seen the last of this extreme heat and I have had enough of it. 

I had the window open yesterday and a bee came in, I am scared of them, but let it out gently. 

I hope that none of you was affected autism wise too much by the heat.

RachelO said:

I felt so tired with it sometimes

I feel so tired I don't feel like doing anything, even gardening, which is unusual for me. I suppose we'll somehow have to change our lifestyles.

I am starting to think how I can make more changes in the garden to cope with heat both in respect of plants and managing maintenance. 

Its the salty winds we get along with lashing of rain that turn grasses to mush here, gardening on the coast is different to gardening inland.

My sedums do very well, practically bomb proof, they're low maintainance and just need cutting down to the ground in late winter/early spring when you see the new shoots coming and staking and tying in when they start to flower or they flop under thier own weight. Theres so many different types too, some are low growing and make really good ground cover or for green rooves.

Aren't bedding begonias a succulent?

I'm not a fan of argaves in British gardens they just look wrong and too spikey to me, but then I'm not a fan of dry gardens or tropical ones for that matter either.

I will keep experiementing with can survive here, usually anything with a silvery, waxy or hairy leaf will do well here. Nearly all our wild flowers such as marigolds cornflowers, nigella, poppies do well in poor and dry soil.

I think when you plant things has an effect on how well they survive, like roses, they do much better if planted as bare rooted plants in winter, they acclimatise better and benefit from the wetter winter soil and seem to do well as their roots have grown deeper into the ground by the time the dry weather comes again.

Making sure there's air around things like roses makes a huge difference to them getting things like rust and black spot, so plant well but lightly around them, things like chives are good with roses they protect each other.

Sedum cope well - I have a bank near the bungalow which is 3 feet off the ground so thought of planting it with low growing plants and perhaps a creeping juniper. I don't know how they'll cope in Winter but the seller lives in Yorkshire and claims they are ok outdoors all year. At present, I grow them in clay pans in a plant display stand. I'm watching Monty Don, as he's changing his planters to plants that need watering once a week or less. I love gardening but getting tired of watering with a can!

Sedum cope well - I have a bank near the bungalow which is 3 feet off the ground so thought of planting it with low growing plants and perhaps a creeping juniper. I don't know how they'll cope in Winter but the seller lives in Yorkshire and claims they are ok outdoors all year. At present, I grow them in clay pans in a plant display stand. I'm watching Monty Don, as he's changing his planters to plants that need watering once a week or less. I love gardening but getting tired of watering with a can!