Crinum "Jumbo" has it's 5th spike in bloom, Crocosmia "Lucifer" has never been better, with blooms at eye level. Alstromeria "Laura", "Freedom" and psittacina blooming . The huge patch of psittacina was decimated in the center from drying out too much. Epipactis thunbergii still blooming, Agapanthus "Blue Yonder" and Cyclamen purpurescens. It always amazes me the Cyclamen purpurescens blooms during the hottest days of summer. My daily highs this week have been 98-100F but nothing seems to be suffering (yet). I think since the soil was already hot from previous heat waves everything shut down right away and didn't try to grow at night like the earlier heat waves. No rain since the heat waves started and before that precipitation for the spring was at 50% of normal while the water company has almost tripled water rates in the last three years. I only have 3 rain barrels but I save that mostly for the bog and gentians. Everything has more sun this year because of it being in the 90's in March. All the trees have produced smaller leaves and well as having more dead branches. It has helped that I took 40 flats of sensitive seedlings and put them in the garage temporarily under lights, especially the Primrose and Gentians. Frank Cooper, Central Illinois, zone 5b Record high 109F, record low -25F